By Marlee Ressa | @marleeressa Sports Capital Journalism Program TAMPA – It took four seasons at the University of Texas for women’s basketball head coach Vic Schaefer to make it to the Final Four. This is his fourth time in the Final Four, two as head coach at Mississippi State and one as an assistant …
Read MoreBy Jeffery Green | @Jeffery_AGreen Sports Capital Journalism Program TAMPA – It was a year of firsts for UCLA and its women’s basketball team: first year in the Big Ten, first Big Ten Championship Title and now the program’s first time in the Final Four. Yet with all these “firsts,” someone listening to UCLA players …
Read MoreBy Mitchell Rans Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – A week after her USC Trojans had celebrated on the home court of the UCLA Bruins, a regular-season sweep of their rival complete, JuJu Watkins left the floor at Gainbridge Fieldhouse alone. The third meeting between the crosstown rivals ended with the No. 4-ranked Bruins limiting …
Read MoreBy Cort Street | @cort_street Sports Capital Journalism INDIANAPOLIS – It was the timeless story of the power of three. In a venue located in the heart of midwestern basketball, in an era defined by its willingness to embrace the unfamiliar, the UCLA Bruins emerged triumphant at the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament, showcasing a …
Read MoreBy Cort Street | @cort_street Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS – Two programs, separated by over 2,000 miles. Two basketball traditions, forged over the course of decades spent apart. The Ohio State Buckeyes, a stalwart of a suddenly distant era of Big Ten basketball, a program intertwined with the very nature of midwestern sports. The …
Read MoreBy Mitchell Rans Sports Capital Journalism Program INDIANAPOLIS — For more than 33 minutes in their semifinal game of the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament, the Michigan Wolverines gave themselves a reason to believe. They created problems for the second-ranked USC Trojans and national player of the year candidate JuJu Watkins. With 6:29 to play, …
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