By Mel Greenberg Senior Editor/Women Villanova and Penn State did not totally complete their goals this weekend but undoubtedly will see their names flash on the screen next Monday night when ESPN and the NCAA roll out the 64-team field and pairings for the women’s tournament. Rutgers at this hour is in limbo – not [...]
By Mel Greenberg Senior Editor/Women In the six seasons Penn State’s Coquese Washington has guided the Lady Lions back to national prominence, the one thing that has been elusive has been the Big Ten tournament title. The last two previous seasons the eighth-ranked Lady Lions have returned to the Big Dance, losing a second-round home [...]
By Mel Greenberg Senior Editor/Women Here are the key combined performances to date thru Friday, Mar. 8, involving teams in our PhilahoopsW group. At some point in time soon, this file will be enhanced and placed in a special area. As long as this list has gotten, search on the date of the previous day [...]
By Mel Greenberg Senior Editor/Women Four years ago there were moments when veteran Villanova coach Harry Perretta, the dean of the Big East mentors, wondered as his Wildcats struggled to win games whether he was still recruiting the right people. “I guess we’ll know if they improve year to year,” he sort of answered himself. [...]
By Mel Greenberg Senior Editor/Women On the 10th anniversary of Villanova’s greatest moment the Wildcats came up with another signature win in history Saturday while Rutgers, one game removed from a milestone triumph for Hall of Fame coach C. Vivian Stringer, turned in another signature setback in Big East competition and has its NCAA hopes [...]
By Mel Greenberg Senior Editor/Women Here are the key combined performances to date thru Sunday, Mar. 3, involving teams in our PhilahoopsW group. At some point in time soon, this file will be enhanced and placed in a special area. As long as this list has gotten, search on the date of the previous day [...]
By Mel Greenberg Senior Editor/Women Here are the key combined performances to date thru Wednesday, Feb. 27, involving teams in our PhilahoopsW group. At some point in time soon, this file will be enhanced and placed in a special area. As long as this list has gotten, search on the date of the previous day [...]
By Mel Greenberg Senior Editor/Women The podcast has returned and as we near March Madness the new Dishin and Swishin – Philly style features an interview with local legend Dawn Staley, the coach now at South Carolina, who previously coached Temple and starred at Dobbins Tech, Virginia, The ABL and WNBA and, of course, in [...]
By Mel Greenberg Senior Editor/Women PISCATAWAY, N.J. – It’s on to the next major event for Rutgers Hall of Fame coach C. Vivian Stringer who finally cracked the 900 victory club on her fifth try Tuesday night as the Scarlet Knights snapped a four-game losing streak to beat South Florida 68-56 in a key Big [...]
By Mel Greenberg Senior Writer/Women Since Rutgers was the only of the 10-team PhilahoopsW playing Tuesday, it was possible to pull composite updated team stats to look at expanded listings beyond the ongoing baskets and boards that lists top game performance in points and rebounds. Rutgers stats had not been updated yet after Tuesday’s win [...]
