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Basketball (Women) Archive
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ASU, UA women still playing hoops, but at different events
The expectations for post-season play are a good indicator of the disparity that still exists between the women’s basketball programs at Arizona State and the University of Arizona. ASU, which got their 20 wins following the conference tournament, wasn’t even going to think about playing in the women’s NIT Tournament. For them, it was the [...] -
UA women’s basketball could finally catch rival ASU
Arizona State women’s basketball team has enjoyed an in-state dominance over rival Arizona for the past five years. UofA fans have endured, waiting for their Wildcats to begin catching up. Finally, the wait may be over. With one game left in the regular season, Arizona has a chance to finish in a tie with ASU [...] -
Basketball’s 5A state title games a picture of frustration
Frustration. That has to be the keyword leading into today’s 5A state high school championship basketball games. Several team finalists will have a chance to put an end to years of frustration for their schools. But, for at least one individual, the frustration will linger on well after his senior season. Frustration No. 1: the [...] -
Yavapai College drops basketball, teams play final games
The Roughriders of Yavapai College are getting a rough ride through the turmoil of the state’s budget upheaval. And now the drastic budget cuts have slam-dunked the athletic department of this small two-year college in Prescott by forcing the elimination of both the men’s and women’s basketball programs. Friday night was the final games for [...] -
1A, 2A hoops titles decided…but nagging questions linger
Arizona’s high school governing body could have a big problem brewing with its small schools. The early tremors of coming confrontations have appeared in boys basketball following the state championships. While the girls’ games couldn’t exactly be called cliff-hangers, the outcome on the boys’ side seemed to be decided long before the playoffs arrived. The [...] -
GCU seniors looking to close old gym with a new record
The stage is set tonight for a grand finale at Antelope Gym, as the Grand Canyon University basketball teams say goodbye to an old friend. This will be the last game the men’s and women’s teams will play in the gymnasium, first opened on the Phoenix campus in time for the 1994-95 season. Next year, [...] -
Ibekwe leads UA women to end 5-year ASU hoops jinx
After Sunday’s 73-61 win over Arizona State, the Wildcats’ head coach, Niya Butts, said something interesting. “Our season isn’t defined by (whether) we beat Arizona State,” said the third-year head coach at Arizona who has struggled in her efforts to rebuild a moribund basketball program in Tucson. That’s kinda hard to grasp when you realize [...] -
Murphy’s 38 pts should move GCU into nation’s Top 10
The Grand Canyon women’s basketball team should find out soon whether they’ve cracked the national Top 10 rankings. It would be a shock if the No. 12 Antelopes don’t move up at least a couple of places in the rankings after beating No. 10 Dixie State, 79-71, Saturday. The teams were tied for second place [...] -
GCU basketball teams get big games from men & women
It was a banner night for Grand Canyon University basketball yesterday. Home-court advantage finally paid off for the Grand Canyon men’s basketball team (9-6, 4-1), as they beat Chaminade last night to hand the Silverswords their first league loss this season, 66-57, and lock in second place in the PacWest. And it was Chaminade’s first [...] -
MLK basketball tourneys stretched from Tempe to Tucson
Arizona celebrated Martin Luther King Day up and down the I-10 corridor, with some great high school basketball. Arizona State hosted an MLB Classic in Tempe and Arizona’s McKale Center in Tucson opened its doors for the fifth year to a similar tournament in honor of the civil rights leader. Both sites offered a full [...]
