| Source | Writers | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 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. Team index by conference and NCAA tourney index back to 2001. |
| CBS CollegeSports.com | Official College Sports Network from NCAA.com | Links to student athlete blogs. All three divisions represented. |
| New York Times | Harvey Araton, Frank Litsky, Jere Longman, Bill Finley, 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. Links to college boards. |
| 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, Mina Mandell 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 | Running AP's latest photos and Rivals.com |
| CBS Sportsline | wire service | history of past champions, All-America teams |
| Teams in the March 16, 2009 AP POLL 
| Links to the hometown newspapers Updated Dec. 25, 2008 | Notes |
| 1--Connecticut |
Hartford (Conn.) Courant John Altavilla | Hartford paper's web page with aggressive coverage for Husky Hardcores. |
| 2--Stanford |
San Francisco
Chronicle Michelle Smith San Jose Mercury | Look for Killion under columnists in Mercury. |
| 3 --Maryland |
Washington Post Camille Powell Baltimore Sun | Maryland page in the Post with links to other area teams (Virginia, GW, and more). |
| 4--Oklahoma |
Daily Oklahoman
Jason Kersey/Justin Harper | 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. |
| 5--Baylor |
Waco
Tribune-Herald
Brice Cherry | Baylor sports page. |
| 6 -- Duke |
Raleigh News-Observer
Edward G. Robinson III Durham Herald Sun Mike Potter | On Durham Herald Sun site you must register to read women's coverage. Also coverage of UNC, NC State |
| 7 --Louisville |
Courier-Journal
Josh Cook | Coverage on the sports page |
| 8--Auburn | Alabama Live | Links to Auburn, LSU, Alabama and bonus coverage from the Mobile Register, Huntsville Times and Birmingham News |
| 9 --Texas A & M |
The Eagle Robert Cessna | Aggie Sports home page |
| 10 -- Ohio State |
Columbus Dispatch Jim Massie Cleveland Plain Dealer Doug Lesmerises | Dispatch and Plain Dealer have OSU home pages. |
| 11 --North Carolina |
Raleigh News & Observer Edward G. Robinson III | Robinson covers all three teams in the Triangle. You can read his blog here. |
| 12--Florida State |
Tallahassee Democrat Aimee Sachs | nolesports page |
| 13--California |
San Francisco Chronicle Michelle Smith | college sports page; also covers Stanford |
| 14--Vanderbilt | Nashville
Tennessean Mike Organ | Team page for Vandy sports. |
| 15 --Pittsburgh |
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Paul Zeise Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Karen Price | Pittsburgh home pages |
| 16--South Dakota State |
Brookings Register Jerry Overton Argus Leader Terry Vandrovec | Coverage of the Jackrabbits. Argus Leader has a live chat Wednesdays from 2 to 3 p.m. CST. |
| 17--Iowa State |
Des
Moines
Register Dan Johnson Ames Tribune Bobby La Gesse | Cyclones Home Page in the Tribune |
| 18-Tennessee |
Knoxville News-Sentinel
Dan Fleser/Mark Burgell The Tennessean | Govols xtra coverage includes women's basketball. UT home page in the Tennessean |
| 19--Arizona State |
Arizona (Phoenix) Republic Jeff Metcalfe | registration required to read team page for Arizona State |
| 20--Xavier | Cincinnati Enquirer | Xavier sports page |
| 21--Kansas State |
Topeka Capital-Journal Cole Manbeck | Coverage in the CatZone includes Big 12 news. |
| 22 --Florida |
Gainesville Sun Ray FitzGerald | Coverage of Florida |
| 23--Notre Dame | South Bend Tribune or Chicago Sun Times | first link to Irish Sports Report (registration required). Look for Steve Tucker in Sun Times |
| 24--Virginia |
Charlottesville Daily
Progress Jay Jenkins Richmond Times Dispatch Vic Dorr, Jr. | Daily Progress has Cavalier Insider, Dispatch has college sports page |
| 25 --Texas |
Austin American-Statesman Danny Davis/Rick Cantu | Longhorns page with links to women's basketball |
| 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 information (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 | Coverage in these papers for Philly schools, Penn State and national coverage from Greenberg's blog . |
| 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 | Jennifer Starks | Coverage of California, links to others |
| OTHER USEFUL LINKS | Various Sources | Tournament goodies, 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 |
| 2009 Final Four | St. Louis | Host site with info on the 2009 D-1 Final Four |
| 2009 D-1 Championship | NCAA | Details on the 2009 Division I Championship |
| 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 |
| Sagarin's RPI Rankings | Jeff Sagarin | Jeff's rankings same for men and women. He bagan his system in 1974-75. |
| 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 Post and Pre season National Invitation Tournament | Link goes to both the preseason and postseason tourneys . |
| GBall Magazine | Dave Wohlhueter and others | A magazine for fans of girls' basketball. Includes Wohlhueter's college poll and news during the season. |
