<![CDATA[The Bear Insider - Covering Cal Sports 24 x 7 - Women's Basketball]]> http://bearinsider.com/forums en Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:41:28 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.bearinsider.com/forums/images/bluesaint/misc/rss.jpg <![CDATA[The Bear Insider - Covering Cal Sports 24 x 7 - Women's Basketball]]> http://bearinsider.com/forums Krystal Forthan http://bearinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32729&goto=newpost Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:39:57 GMT Rats - I was hoping we might be in the mix. ... Rats - I was hoping we might be in the mix.

http://insider.espn.go.com/ncw/recru...ruitId%3d68583 ]]> stu http://bearinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32729 Temi Fagbenle http://bearinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32632&goto=newpost Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:22:23 GMT Here is a nice article from back in May which I just blundered across: ... Here is a nice article from back in May which I just blundered across:

http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Nex..._love_with.csp

It doesn't make it look like we're a front runner. Also, how can Duke offer a basketball scholarship which also includes med school? ]]> stu http://bearinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32632 <![CDATA[Pac-10 Tournament's Strange New Format]]> http://bearinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32375&goto=newpost Wed, 01 Sep 2010 02:52:22 GMT In Oregon's press release on its 2010-2011 schedule, there is the following note on the 2011 Pac-10 WBB tournament:
The Pac-10 Tournament takes place March 9-12 in Los Angeles and will begin at the Galen Center on the campus of USC before the semifinals and finals are played at the Staples Center.

The tournament will have a different seeding beginning this season:

Wednesday, March 9 (First Round, Galen Center)
Game 1: Seed #3 vs. Seed #10, 12 p.m. PT
Game 2: Seed #4 vs. Seed #9, 2:15 p.m. PT
Game 3: Seed #5 vs. Seed #8, 5 p.m. PT
Game 4: Seed #6 vs. Seed #7, 7:15 p.m. PT

Thursday, March 10 (Quarterfinals, Galen Center)
Game 5: Winner 3/10 vs. Winner 6/7, 3 p.m. PT
Game 6: Winner 5/8 vs. Winner 4/9, 5:15 p.m. PT

Friday, March 11 (Semifinals, Staples Center)
Game 7: Seed #1 vs. Game 6 winner, 12 p.m. PT
Game 8: Seed #2 vs. Game 5 winner, 2:30 p.m. PT

Saturday, March 12 (Championship, Staples Center)
Game 9: Championship Game, 11:30 a.m. PT
If this is accurate, I can't say that I like the revised format, as it is much too favorable for the second-place team (better to have a first night play-in for the 5 thru 10 seeds, then have the winners play the 2 thru 4 seeds to set up the semi-finals). In any case, there will now be a big incentive to finish in the top two. ]]> WayneBear http://bearinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32375 <![CDATA[Oregon State's Open Tryout Includes 47 Year Old Player]]> http://bearinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32325&goto=newpost Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:11:26 GMT With OSU's current roster of 7 players, it was inevitable that they would hold open tryouts. The first tryout was yesterday (technically not a formal tryout but a "prospect camp") and as reported by the Oregonian, one of the hopefuls was 47 year old Mary George.

It's not clear if George was interested simply in seeing how she would match up with the other prospects or if she would go so far as to enroll at OSU in order to try to make the team. But she does look serious (and very fit) in the photo.



I pray that she makes the roster and if she does, she's going to be an automatic pick for my all-freshman team. ]]> WayneBear http://bearinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32325 Samantha Logic http://bearinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32217&goto=newpost Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:07:54 GMT ESPN has jumped her from unrated to shooting guard #3, overall #10, grade 96. If she chooses to come to Cal I could imagine us playing four guards at times. ... ESPN has jumped her from unrated to shooting guard #3, overall #10, grade 96. If she chooses to come to Cal I could imagine us playing four guards at times. I sure hope she doesn't end up at Furd.

http://insider.espn.go.com/ncw/recru...6season%3d2011 ]]> stu http://bearinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32217 OT: Marion Jones http://bearinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32018&goto=newpost Sun, 22 Aug 2010 05:06:48 GMT Just watched MJ play hoops for essentially the first time tonight. She did not look like a publicity gimmick out there. She had her first start, logged... Just watched MJ play hoops for essentially the first time tonight.

She did not look like a publicity gimmick out there. She had her first start, logged 24 mins, 14 points shooting 6-8, 6 rebs (3 o-boards), a steal and a block. Tulsa notched just their 6th win of the year and Marion was a major catalyst for it.

She is so explosive that during a steal and fast break sequence, I could feel my brain momentarily thinking "wait, is she about to dunk?"

However, she needs to improve her stamina, her shooting and ball handling if she wants to remain in the league next year. She is definitely more like a downhill skier than a giant slalom technician when dribbling the ball. But she does seem to have an impressive knack for finishing around the hoop.

She was interviewed at length during halftime and you can tell she has a burning desire to play in the league again next year. However, she was not definitive about her off season plans. She says there are overseas offers. But then she sort of ambiguously alluded to other opportunities at home.

Maybe she's trying to get back that 4th year of NCAA hoops eligibility that she forwent? lol ]]> kat0189 http://bearinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32018 So much for that! Brittany Martin picks Utah http://bearinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31974&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:50:09 GMT http://insider.espn.go.com/ncw/recru...3dbriefingroom ]]> kat0189 http://bearinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31974 Good Interview with Joanne http://bearinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31960&goto=newpost Fri, 20 Aug 2010 03:28:28 GMT Incredibly, Michelle Smith leaves out the editorializing and backhanded compliments and just asks some straightforward questions in *this interview with... Incredibly, Michelle Smith leaves out the editorializing and backhanded compliments and just asks some straightforward questions in this interview with Joanne. Joanne responds with some good info, including:

Rachelle will be a team captain this year (great choice, the best you could make among the returners).

Joanne sounds very confident that all 4 freshmen will get immediate playing time, though Avigiel's debut may be delayed (her surgery is now described as ACL surgery, though there is no indication here or elsewhere that it was due to a one-time catastrophic trauma, so I don't think we're looking at a prolonged or never-ending rehab).

With respect to the next recruiting class (with Brittany Boyd already on board), Joanne says "we’ve got one scholarship left right now", indicating that the remaining available slots will be saved for future classes. I'm not sure we should take this literally but it can mean that numbers-wise this may be a small class.

Rama sounds healthy and ready to go! ]]> WayneBear http://bearinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31960 Proposed Top 100 Rankings for the New Season http://bearinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31940&goto=newpost Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:01:56 GMT from our friends at Swish Appeal: http://www.swishappeal.com/2010/8/18/1626640/the-top-100-programs-in-division-i#storyjump Do I detect a slight Cal bias... from our friends at Swish Appeal:

http://www.swishappeal.com/2010/8/18...on-i#storyjump

Do I detect a slight Cal bias in the dramatic photo of Ashley that crowns the 26-40 rankings? But I don't think ASU should precede Cal. Nor do I agree that Rutgers deserves the #12 spot:

http://www.swishappeal.com/2010/8/19...on-i#storyjump ]]> BearBint http://bearinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31940 Erika Johnson http://bearinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31914&goto=newpost Wed, 18 Aug 2010 21:52:42 GMT Good news - we're still in the list of this highly rated wing. Furd is not.

http://insider.espn.go.com/ncw/recru...ruitId%3d68851 ]]> stu http://bearinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31914 Blue Star Rankings: Sam Logic #15 http://bearinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31900&goto=newpost Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:37:11 GMT Blue Star is the first to integrate Sam Logic into thei rankings. They put her at #15. Gray is #21. Boyd #55. Fagbenle is #4 but I believe the rankings... Blue Star is the first to integrate Sam Logic into thei rankings. They put her at #15. Gray is #21. Boyd #55. Fagbenle is #4 but I believe the rankings "author" is the one who discovered her or arranged her move to the U.S.

http://www.bluestarbb.com/index.php?...&rankyear=2011

#23 Taylor Greenfield is listed with "Stanford, Cal, Iowa State, Duke" but that's the first I've heard her associated with Cal. ]]> kat0189 http://bearinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31900 Needles to Florida http://bearinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31790&goto=newpost Sat, 14 Aug 2010 22:00:42 GMT No. 90 Carlie Needles has committd to Amanda Butler and the Florida Gators. Cal was among her final five, along with ASU, Iowa State, and Kansas State. ... No. 90 Carlie Needles has committd to Amanda Butler and the Florida Gators.

Cal was among her final five, along with ASU, Iowa State, and Kansas State.


EDIT: It is now being reported as a premature announcement per Keil Moore's twitter

Needles verbal not yet official. Premature announcement made at Carmelo Anthony's bball camp in CO. ]]> StanfordScout09 http://bearinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31790 2010-11 Roster up @ CalBears. http://bearinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31759&goto=newpost Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:00:12 GMT http://www.calbears.com/sports/w-bas...askbl-mtt.html

Daily this week I've been checking to see when the Roster is updated with 2010 frosh class.. no soap.

Finally I noticed I'd been snookered! New stuff *is* there already, just the page header hadn't been updated to 2010-11. Sent a Calbears website fixit notice this morning, btw.

Sooo, the roster sorta looks like this ('cept for alignment)..

1 Tierra Rogers 5-11 Guard SO/HS San Francisco, Calif./Sacred Heart Cathedral Prep
2 Afure Jemerigbe 6-0 Guard FR/HS Stockton, Calif./St. Mary's
3 Rachelle Federico 5-11 Guard SR/3V Tucson, Ariz./Flowing Wells
4 Eliza Pierre 5-7 Guard SO/1V Pasadena, Calif./John Muir
5 Avigiel Cohen 6-0 Guard FR/HS Tel Aviv, Israel
11 DeNesha Stallworth 6-3 Forward/Center SO/1V Richmond, Calif./Pinole Valley
23 Layshia Clarendon 5-9 Guard SO/1V San Bernardino, Calif./Cajon
25 Gennifer Brandon 6-2 Forward SO/1V Chatsworth, Calif./Chatsworth
30 Mikayla Lyles 5-8 Guard FR/HS Oakland, Calif./Bishop O'Dowd
32 Lindsay Sherbert 6-1 Guard FR/HS Temecula, Calif./Great Oak
33 Talia Caldwell 6-3 Center SO/1V Los Angeles, Calif./Marlborough

Coaches
Joanne Boyle - Head Coach
Jennifer Hoover - Assistant Coach
Charmin Smith - Assistant Coach
Kevin Morrison - Assistant Coach
Sarah Holsinger - Director of Basketball Operations ]]> SiniCal http://bearinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31759 2012 from Utah http://bearinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31739&goto=newpost Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:02:04 GMT From ESPN: ... From ESPN: http://insider.espn.go.com/ncw/recru...ruitId%3d68860

Maybe this Pac-12 thing will do us some good. ]]> stu http://bearinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31739 <![CDATA[KKGN a new raqdio station for the women's team]]> http://bearinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31700&goto=newpost Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:17:57 GMT According to the men's board. 960 on your am radio dial. Men got a new station too. KNEW or 910 am. Both programs get a boost. ]]> wvitbear http://bearinsider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=31700