Welcome to
Women's Basketball's Cup of Coffee

A fun resource for SIDs, media and fans.
Your host is Mary Jo Haverbeck

I've been inspired to post this page by my own struggles to find out what's happening in women's Division I basketball before I get to the NCAA tournament. ESPN's Mechelle Voepel was the first person willing to help me out. As Mechelle indicated in her note to me, "There isn't a lot of national overview coverage, but some of the regional writers do a good job." Here then are some suggested sources (updated March 19, 2008)

Women's College Basketball Web Sites With National And Regional Information


SourceWritersSummary
NATIONAL COVERAGE national web sites Links to the TV networks and websites with a national overview
ESPN/ESPNU Mechelle Voepel, Graham Hays, Melanie Jackson, Charlie Creme and ESPN magazine writers. National writers and TV analysts keep you up to date. Creme does bracket predictions. This is the network that holds the contract to televise NCAA Tournament games
USA Today Dick Patrick, Kate Smith, Tim Gardner, Joe Fleming When Patrick writes, this is a good read. Coaches poll history database shows how every coach voted in every top 25.
CBS CollegeSports.com Official College Sports Network
Jeff Lippman, Jerry Palm, Debbie Antonelli, Beth Mowins 		New site name a result of CBS taking over CSTV. Podcasts are available.
New York Times Harvey Araton, Frank Litsky, Bill Finley, William C. Rhoden, Viv Bernstein Page includes men's and women's coverage.
Women's Hoops Blog Sara and Ted and friends If you're into blogging and women's hoops, check here. Contributors often scoop mainstream media.
Women's Basketball Online Kim Callahan Lots of links to college, pro and international stories under the "Daily News" heading. TV Schedule link is useful source for women's hoop coverage.
Sports Illustrated Kelli Anderson, Richard Deitsch, Tracy Schultz and Sports Network wire stories Men's coverage dominates but there are occasional items on women
Fox Sports Wire service Site has women's NCAA blogs and message boards
Yahoo
Women's Basketball 		AP wire stories Broadcast links here.
CBS Sportsline Wire Service Handy Women's NCAA Tournament links go to past champions, Final Four records, seeds, AP All-America teams and more
Teams in the
March 17, 2008 AP POLL
 Links to the hometown newspapers
Updated Dec. 31, 2007 		Notes
1--Connecticut Hartford (Conn.) Courant
John Altavilla 		Hartford paper's web page with aggressive coverage for Husky Hardcores.
2 --North Carolina Raleigh News & Observer
Rachel Carter 		free registration for UNC coverage.
3--Tennessee Knoxville News-Sentinel
Dan Fleser/Mark Burgell
The Tennessean
Ryan Callahan 		Govols xtra coverage includes women's basketball. UT home page in the Tennessean
4--Stanford San Francisco Chronicle
Michelle Smith
5-Maryland Washington Post
Kathy Orton
Baltimore Sun
Milton Kent/Patrick Gutierrez 		Free registration required for the Post
6--LSU New Orleans Times-Picayune
Kyle Whitfield
The Advocate
William Weathers/Dominic Baudoin 		Both have LSU team pages
7--Rutgers Newark Star-Ledger
M.A. Mehta/Jeremy Cothran/Bridget Wentworth 		Rutgers Women's Hoop Page
8 --Texas A & M The Eagle
Robert Cessna 		Aggie Sports home page
9 Duke Raleigh News-Observer
Edward G. Robinson III
Durham Herald Sun
Bryan Strickland 		On Durham Herald Sun site you must register to read women's coverage. Also coverage of UNC, NC State
10--California San Francisco Chronicle college sports page; also covers Stanford
11--Old Dominion Daily Press Use Old Domionion in the search engine.
12 --Baylor Waco Tribune-Herald
Jerry Hill 		Baylor sports page.
13 --Oklahoma State Stillwater News Press
Ryan Steele 		Oklahoma State Team Page
14--Oklahoma Daily Oklahoman
Robert Przybylo 		Also coverage of Oklahoma State and Tulsa. Note: Blog by Oklahoma coach Sherri Coale is a writer's delight but Courtney Paris also blogs at this site.
15--Notre Dame South Bend Tribune or Chicago Sun Times first link to Irish Sports Report (registration required). Look for Steve Tucker in Sun Times
16--Kansas State Topeka Capital-Journal
(Derek Boss) 		Coverage in the CatZone.
17 --West Virginia Charleston Daily Mail West Virginia page
18 --Utah Salt Lake Tribune Utah home page
19 --Louisville Courier-Journal
C. Ray Hall 		Coverage on the sports page
20 -George Washington Washington Post Registration required
21--Vanderbilt Nashville Tennessean
Mike Organ 		Team page for Vandy sports.
22--Marist Poughkeepsie Journal
Dan Pietrafesa 		Sports page coverage
23--UTEP El Paso Times
Bret Bloomquest 		Coverage on the sports page
24--Virginia Charlottesville Daily Progress
Jay Jenkins
Richmond Times Dispatch 		Daily Progress has Cavalier Insider
25 -- Ohio State Columbus Dispatch
Jim Massie
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Doug Lesmerises 		Dispatch and Plain Dealer have OSU home pages.
REGIONAL/LOCAL LINKS regional and local newspapers Links to regional and local writers who also are Final Four veterans
Chicago Sun Times Steve Tucker Can be a source for area (Illinois, Notre Dame) and national formation (although not on a daily basis). Use Tucker's name in the search engine.
Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News Mel Greenberg, Inquirer and John Smallwood, Daily News Look for the button links in the upper left corner including AP Sports, which has late breaking news. Coverage in these papers for Philly schools, Penn State and a national perspective.
LA Times Mike Terry Pac-10 coverage and local teams UCLA and USC in Los Angeles. To find Terry's stories, use his name in the search engine. New link to women's basketball
San Jose Mercury News Ann Killion Coverage of Bay Area schools including Stanford, Cal, San Jose State, Santa Clara. Columnist Ann Killion sometimes writes on women's hoops.
Contra Costa Times Jonathan Okanes Coverage of California, links to others
OTHER USEFUL LINKS Various Sources Tournament goodies, Tam Flarup's national attendance figures, the NCAA's weekly stat rankings and much more
Official Team Web Sites Patrick Christie Fan's links to all Division I team web sites NOTE: not all links are updated
United States Basketball Writer's Assocation Sports Sections The USBWA's link page for all newspapers. Links go directly to the newspaper's sports pages.
National Polls Yahoo Carry AP and USA Today/ESPN
NCAA Final Four Page NCAA PR Staff The 2008 basketball championship page for Tampa
Tampa Final Four Page Tampa Bay Sports Center Details on the 2008 Final Four.
National Attendance Tam Flarup, SID Wisconsin Weekly rankings of the top schools by average attendance.
Best of the Web
Women's Basketball 		Joyce Gilbert helpful resource for researching women's basketball on the web
WBCA Women's Basketball Coaches Association source for WBCA Awards including the Wade Trophy
Collegiate Basketball News Jim Sukup 13 years of presenting the women's RPI Ratings along with other useful standings (Conferences), percentages, records and statistics.
Sagarin's RPI Rankings Jeff Sagarin Jeff's rankings same for men and women. He bagan his system in 1974-75.
College RPI Rankings Jerry Palm Also offers historical data, bracket projections
Rankings Comparison page John Wobus New site with links to all RPI lists and rankings
Conference Schools Yahoo Links to schools by conference
Conference Web Sites Kim Callahan Kim's site goes directly to the conference web site and also has links to relevant web blogs
National Statistics and Records NCAA Updates every Monday starting in January. View data via the pull-down menus or have it sent e-mail
Naismith Awards Atlanta Tipoff Club Official site for the award honoring the nation's college player of the year.
National Awards WBCA Links to all of the major awards including Kodak All-Americans and Rawlings/WBCA Player of the Year with names of previous winners.
WNBA WNBA And Others Home to women's professional basketball. Offers excellent links to writers covering league teams including international journalists.
NWBL National Women's
Basketball League 		Home to the women's professional basketball league where WNBA players and others compete in the winter.
WNIT Women's Postseason National Invitation Tournament A 48-team tourney for teams not in the NCAA bracket. Selections announced late on the evening of the NCAA Tournament selections (Monday, March 17).
GBall Magazine Dave Wohlhueter and others A magazine for fans of girls' basketball. Includes Wohlhueter's college poll and news during the season.


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