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The trouble with these pronouncements that we have 2 first-team AAs is that the posters haven't seen all hundred-plus DI teams. Okay, there are some D1 teams that they wouldn't have to see, but some fairly unlikely teams have been known to have some pretty outstanding players. It's easy but...

The critiques of Thorne seem pretty forced. Here's Courtney trying to motivate and encourage ASU's freshman point guard by talking to her about UConn's point guard of last year and how and how much she contributed to the team. And Thorne is reinforcing that. Maybe Thorne's exaggerating a wee...

Here's the NCAA's recap: An impressive defensive effort lifted No. 8 Ohio State past Florida Gulf Coast in round one of the Gulf Coast Showcase. The Buckeyes outscored the Eagles 25-18 in the fourth quarter to earn the win (79-66). Player of the Game Ohio State’s Kelsey Mitchell led all...

During the first half, one of the TV broadcasters said words to the effect that Natalie seemed out of shape. And I note that despite being productive in the first half, Natalie played only 6 or 7 minutes in the second half. Anybody see what the broadcasters were seeing? And if not, why the...

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/14/sports/ncaabasketball/uconn-geno-auriemma-spurs-gregg-popovich.html?_r=0

This indicates that in almost every sport, a higher percentage of high school females than males competes in the NCAAs in college. Whodathunkit?

What mean by "I like no ND"? (See 12/7/16.)

Auriemma on Bird & Taurasi: "The only time they get in trouble is when they argue with each other — who is smarter, because neither of them has ever been wrong in their lives. Ever. Ever. If you ever catch Sue or D going, ‘Listen, I was wrong,’ get it on tape, because it’ll be the first time.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/31/sports/basketball/tina-charles-new-york-liberty-wnba-protest.html?_r=0

As Tennessee legend Pat Summitt is memorialized, a rivalry is remembered (I didn't see it, but if this has already been posted, then moderators please delete this post)

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/07/sports/ncaabasketball/uconn-huskies-championship-geno-auriemma.html?_r=0

all the Moriah fans will love the photo with this article. (Yes, okay, camera perspective has something to do with it, but still...) http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/04/sports/ncaabasketball/connecticut-oregon-state-final-four-ncaa-tournament.html?ref=sports

At the very end of an article about Ky's junior guard Makayla Epps and her father Anthony Epps (who was point guard on the Ky men's team that won the championship in 1996), there is the kind of acknowledgment that many of us cherish here at the BY: But Anthony's daughter has already lived...

... at least on the men's side (for now) (and it's football related, again) ... http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/17/sports/ncaabasketball/ncaa-mens-tournament-football-imbalance.html

I believe the ESPN bracket is incorrect because it shows UConn meeting South Carolina in the semis, and ND vs. Baylor (assuming the seeds hold).

Am attaching the brief to which Sally Jenkins refers

I suspect there are a good number of BY'ers who already knew all that is in this article, but for the rest of us, and for those in need of an overview or a refresher ...

Because, as we were taught in kindergarten, letting others have a turn is an important social skill.

5. 1938 12. Michele Bachman

The 75 team directors cast their ballots for the new president of the Argentine soccer federation, and the result was ... a 38-38 tie. Really. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/23/sports/soccer/fifa-conmebol-corruption-argentina-federation-vote.html

I do not normally pay much attention to the NBA, but I found this story to be worthwhile. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/04/sports/basketball/in-free-agency-spurs-david-west-sought-meaning-not-money.html And then there is this close-to-home sentence: "The upshot is that positional labels...

Is thanking the UK President for letting her be "apart of this institution" is maybe a Freudian slip?

I believe it's Fox Sports something. On Comcast locally in the Hartford area, FS1 is ch. 731 (std. def.). There is also a hi def version of the channel, but I forgot its channel number.

17. Chris Isaak, Wicked Game

3 tickets, Yankee Stadium, infield grandstand, Section 424, Row 12, Seats 22-24. Face value ($30 per ticket) or best offer. Free Yankee drawstring bag for all fans 14 and under. If interested, please contact me via PM.

If you look at the very end of the linked article you will see a link to another article that should warm the hearts of all of the Boneyard's UConn fans ... its title tells the story: "The Huskies Are Better than the Wildcats Ever Hoped To Be"...

"UConn women’s basketball team honored with ice cream flavor: Triple-Champion Chunk" http://www.theday.com/uconn-sports/20150425/uconn-womens-basketball-team-honored-with-ice-cream-flavor-triple-champion-chunk Nothing left to accomplish now. It can only be downhill from here.

And I am hoping that there will be three more games for her to wear the UConn uniform.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/29/sports/ncaabasketball/to-longtime-geno-auriemma-assistant-theres-no-better-place-than-uconn.html

I wonder if some of the lack of overall parity -- and I'm not talking about UConn vs. everyone else, but about parity up and down the bracket --is the result of what I suspect is a substantially smaller number of girls than boys playing BB in middle school and high-school. With a smaller pool...

Lots of mention of UConn, though not at the beginning .... http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/25/sports/ncaabasketball/womens-ncaa-tournament-is-no-place-for-underdogs-to-thrive.html Something to arouse the BY crowd on this day of lull?

South Carolina (67%) has a better chance of reaching the Final Four than Notre Dame (58%)?

Interesting on a bunch of levels... http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/18/sports/basketball/diana-taurasi-focusing-on-playing-in-russia-where-the-money-is.html

16. Will guess Florida, in which juries don't decide punishment, they make a recommendation to the judge, who makes the actual decision, though the U.S. Supreme Court just agreed to decide whether Florida's system is constitutional. (Then there are states like Arkansas in which judges can...