Women's basketball

Debut of No. 1 Draft Pick Candace Parker with the Los Angeles Sparks and Theme Song and Music Video by R&B Sensation Alicia Keys

March 13, 2008 -- ESPN2 will combine with ABC to televise 22 regular-season WNBA games, starting with the defending champion, Phoenix Mercury and Diana Taurasi, when they host the Los Angeles Sparks and No. 1 Draft pick Candace Parker from NCAA champion Tennessee Saturday, May 17, at 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC. For the first time, ABC will use SkyCam for a WNBA telecast -- showcasing the speed and talent of the top female players in the world.    » read more »

INDIANAPOLIS, Tuesday, May 13, 2008 -- A year ago, a new three-point line dominated discussions at the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Rules Committee meetings. This year, the committee’s meetings produced relatively few changes, which committee leaders view as a positive step for the game overall.

“Our game and our rules are in really great shape,” said Ronda Seagraves, chair of the women’s rules committee and associate athletic director at Southwestern University (Texas). “We entertained approximately 50 rules proposals, and in the end only approved minor changes to the rules book.”    » read more »

Wednesday, March 19, 2008, BATON ROUGE, La. -- During the first- and second- rounds of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship, the NCAA, Lowe’s, Habitat for Humanity International and Habitat for Humanity of Greater Baton Rouge will team up to build a home in partnership with a hard-working, low-income family that was displaced by Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita.

Louisiana State University student-athletes, local community and Lowe’s volunteers will construct a Habitat for Humanity house frame on Saturday, March 22 at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, La. The build will take place near the university’s track and field complex.    » read more »

Friday, March 14, 2008, INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA is awarding approximately $750,000 in women’s basketball grants to 12 Division I institutions and five conferences as part of the newly established NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Grant Program.

The grant program is designed to foster the growth of women’s basketball on NCAA member campuses and within NCAA member conferences.    » read more »

Program Features Sports Fans Wearing Favorite Teams’ Attire for $5 Donation to Cancer Research March 20 & 21

January 8, 2008 -- OLYMPIA – Following today’s announcement on the potential sale of the Seattle Storm to a local ownership group, Washington Governor Gregoire had the following response:

“As Governor and as a Storm fan, I think today’s news that the team will stay in Seattle is simply terrific. The ownership group of accomplished women has made this possible because of their strong commitment to the community. They also know first-hand that being able to compete in the top echelon of sports provides women with opportunities generations who came before us never had.    » read more »

Friday, December 7, 2007, INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA announced today that PrimeSport, a RazorGator company, will serve as the Official Ticket and Hospitality Package Provider for the 2008 NCAA Women’s Final Four.    » read more »

Week-Long Initiative to Include Simultaneous Launch Featuring Jim Valvano ESPYS Speech on Numerous ESPN Platforms, Men's and Women's Jimmy V Basketball Classics and Marathon Chat by ESPN.com's Bill Simmons

Vera Jones, Mary Murphy, Stephanie White to bring Big Ten ties to network telecasts

November 8, 2007, CHICAGO - Former Wisconsin coach Mary Murphy, former Indiana assistant coach Vera Jones and former Purdue All-American Stephanie White will serve as the Big Ten Network's lead women's basketball analysts. The announcement was made today by Big Ten Network President Mark Silverman and Executive Producer Leon Schweir.    » read more »

Friday, November 2, 2007, INDIANAPOLIS---The site selection process for the 2012 through 2016 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Final Fours began this week with notification to the Division I membership and potential host cities that their declaration of intent to bid must be received by the Division I Men’s and Women’s Basketball Committees by November 21.    » read more »

Tuesday, October 30, 2007, ST. LOUIS -- The NCAA, in conjunction with the Missouri Valley Conference and the St. Louis Organizing Committee (SLOC), unveiled the 2009 NCAA Women’s Final Four® logo today at the Sheraton City Center Hotel in downtown St. Louis during the Missouri Valley Conference Men’s and Women’s Basketball Media Day luncheon.

The 2009 Women’s Final Four logo features St. Louis’ Gateway Arch. The primary colors are blue, red and gray.    » read more »

ESPN360.com to Simulcast Every ESPN and ESPN2 Telecast

New standard set for women's basketball programming

October 3, 2007, CHICAGO –The Big Ten Network will nationally televise more regular season women's basketball games than any other network this season, conference and network officials announced Wednesday. The schedule includes 55 regular season games and nine Big Ten Women's Basketball Tournament contests.
In all, the Big Ten will make approximately twice as many national television appearances than any other conference.    » read more »