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Big East Tournament Recap: UConn, West Virginia Advance to Final
By Jim Clark
Correspondent
Monday’s Big East Tournament semifinals saw two low-scoring, defensive contests, with none of the teams appearing to play at their best. Still, when the dust settled, the conference’s two top teams—No. 1 Connecticut and No. 2 West Virginia—advanced to Tuesday’s Big East championship game.
Look for the final to be another defense dominated game. Still, the Huskies, whose semifinal win broke their own record by extending their winning streak to 71 games, have a deeper offensive arsenal and are the odds on favorites to win this rematch of the 2006 tournament title game.
Dacko Out at UMass; Nationwide Search for Replacement Begins
By Lee Michaelson
Publisher
University of Massachusetts head coach Marnie Dacko has been informed that her contract will not be renewed past its April 10, 2010 expiration date, the school’s Athletic Director John McCutcheon announced Monday. UMass finished ninth among the 14 teams in the Atlantic 10 this season with a losing record of 11-19 overall and 5-9 in conference play.
Dacko has spent the last eight seasons (2002-10) at the helm of the Minutewomen, posting a cumulative record of 98-135 (.421).
“We want to thank Marnie for all of her contributions to the program and the University of Massachusetts,” said McCutcheon. “We feel there has not been the competitive progress that we have been looking for and that a change was necessary. We will be initiating a national search immediately. The announcement of the members of the consultative committee will be released shortly.”
Full Court Top 25: Week of March 8, 2010
By Christopher Thompson
Correspondent
As women’s basketball programs across the country wrap up their regular season and head into tournament play, there has been no change in the constituency of this week’s Top 25, but several changes in their relative rankings.
Seven teams, including three of the Top 25—Duke, Ohio State and Tennessee—have qualified for automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament. (The other four are: Austin Peay, East Tennessee State, Marist and Princeton). Another 26 teams are virtually guaranteed at least an at-large berth, so more than half of the field of 64 has been decided. Over the next week another 24 teams will win their way in, including a handful that would have gotten in anyway. A few more will solidify their credentials with a victory or two in their conference tournaments. But for teams like Maryland, North Carolina and Boston College, all they can do is sit and wait until March 15 for the selection show. For those teams this will be the longest week of the season.
Here is this week’s Top 25, all of whom will make the NCAA Tournament.
- Big East Tournament Recap: UConn, West Virginia, Notre Dame and Rutgers Advance to Semifinals
- 2010 Big Ten Tournament Recap: Rounds One and Two Play Mainly to Seed
- SEC Tournament 2010 Recap: Rounds 1 and 2 Feature Upsets, Exciting Contests
- Big East 2009-10 Season Wrap and Tournament Preview
- Syracuse Without Michael in Big East Tournament Opener
- 2010 Big Ten Conference Tournament Preview
- Griner Suspended for Two Games After Punching Opponent
- SEC 2009-2010 Wrap and Tournament Preview
- Jim Clark’s Husky Report: Regular-Season Wrap
- Lochner Done at LaSalle
- Bubble Wrap 2010: Week of March 2, 2010
- Full Court Top 25: Week of March 1, 2010
- Big Time College Basketball Along I-35
- Mid-Season Naismith Finalists Announced
- Coaches: You Gotta Dance with Who Brung You!
- Bubble Wrap 2010: Week of February 22, 2010
- Full Court Top 25: Week of February 22, 2010
- The Big Ten As I See It: With a Mess of a Regular Season, Post-Season Chances Are Tough to Predict
- You Don’t Always Get What You Want ... You Get What You Need
- Full Court Top 25: Week of February 15, 2010
- Jim Clark’s Husky Report: Connecticut 66 – St.John’s 52
- The Husky Report Heads South: Mississippi State 55 - South Carolina 53 (February 11, 2010)
- Cooper, Redin and All-American Red Heads Nominated to Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame
- USA Draws Group A for 2010 FIBA U17 World Championship
- Frogs Take Quadruple Overtime Win Over Utah
- Sizing Up the ACC
- Wiedie Done at Indiana State
- WNBA Stars to Join 2010 NBA All-Star Weekend in Dallas
- Rutgers Coach C. Vivian Stringer Suspended for One Game
- Wingate’s Nelson to Head USA Basketball U17 Team
