W. basketball: Bruins out after first-round loss

By Seth Fast Glass MINNEAPOLIS “”mdash; It was almost exactly what UCLA women’s basketball coach Kathy Olivier had envisioned. A raucous crowd at the sold-out Williams Arena in Minneapolis stood witness to an epic battle on the hardwood Sunday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament between seventh-seeded Minnesota and 10th-seeded UCLA. That was […]

W. basketball: Pac-10 women’s basketball demands recognition, more berths from NCAA

Slighted by the NCAA selection committee one too many times, the Pac-10 women’s basketball conference is tired of being a punching bag. While most everyone recognizes the changing landscape of Pac-10 women’s basketball, those wielding voting power for the NCAA tournament are apparently refusing to rake away their ingrained opinions of the conference. Stereotyped as […]