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Charli’s back…adds Amanda Levens to her ASU staff
Charli Turner Thorne is returning to the basketball court – and she’s bringing an old friend with her. The head coach of Arizona State‘s women’s basketball program just hired Amanda Levens to help her get the Sun Devils back to the NCAA Tournament next year. Levens knows exactly what she’s getting into because she played [...] -
Laurie Kelly departs NAU women’s basketball program
Laurie Kelly must have seen the writing on the wall. The head coach of women’s basketball at Northern Arizona University has moved on. Kelly had a couple of 20-win seasons early on in her nine-year tenure, but in recent years it has been a struggle to even get past the .500 mark. The 11 wins [...] -
March Madness had a new meaning for AZ fans this year
And then there were none. The Arizona State women’s basketball loss Friday in the opening round of the WNIT means there are no Arizona Division I college teams playing in the post-season. Anywhere. And the 77-62 loss to University of Pacific brings to an end perhaps the strangest season ever for Arizona college hoops. Actually, [...] -
HS Player of the Year picks favor guards this time around
Looks like this was the year of the guards in Arizona high school basketball. The spotlight fell on the back court this season, as The Arizona Republic announced its picks for the boys’ and girls’ Player of the Year awards. It was an all-guard selection in the big-school category, while the small-school picks included 1 [...] -
Pac-12 tourney: UA women beat UCLA, meet ASU next
Revenge is a great motivator. That had to be in the back of the minds of the Arizona Wildcat women basketball players as they upset UCLA last night in the opening round of the Pac-12 Tournament. Now they get one more shot at beating Arizona State, an accomplishment that has eluded them so far this [...] -
Russ Pennell returns to NCAA tourney…with GCU ‘Lopes
The Grand Canyon University basketball teams have packed their bags and are heading off in opposite directions. The men are traveling to Washington and the women to San Diego. But both teams are looking for the same thing…a national championship. The women earned a third seed in the NCAA Division II National Championship by posting [...] -
Prep hoops…Division 1 title games go according to script
Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda. That could have been the theme for the day in the top two divisions of yesterday’s high school state basketball championships. In Division II… it was the Woulda, Coulda factor. A win by the Peoria High School girls would have given the school a sweep of the state titles because the Peoria [...] -
Post-season basketball may hinge on final UA, ASU games
The next couple of days will likely decide whether Arizona’s college basketball fans will have a team to root for during March Madness. We’re already down to just two Pac-12 teams with potential for post-season play. The Arizona State men are 8-19 over all and 4-11 in the conference, which puts them in 10th place, [...] -
Who can keep St. Mary’s from girls’ hoops crown? No one
Aside from death and taxes, the only other thing we can count on is that St. Mary’s High School will win a state girls’ basketball championship this year. The Knights have been slowly validating their status as the best team in the state, and probably the country, by working their way through the Division I [...] -
Few surprises in early rounds of state basketball playoffs
Early-round play in the big-school divisions of the state high school basketball playoffs can be described pretty simply. It has been uneventful. Few surprises. No major upsets. However, there are a few exceptions. Probably the biggest story in the boys Division I opening round Thursday was the Mountain View (Mesa) High School win over Tucson’s [...]
