Utah Women’s Basketball Independent
Unaffiliated but friendly with the University of Utah, the Big 16 Conference, and other Pac-12 remnants
The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame named finalists Friday for 2025 induction. They include players on the 2008 Olympics gold medalist team (Carmelo Anthony, Dwight Howard), Jennifer Azzi, Maya Moore, and Molly Bolin. Before the WNBA, before the ABL, there was the WBL: The Women’s Professional Basketball League, which operated 1979-1981.The first player signed in […]
A courtside interview with Paige Bueckers scrolled into view, and I thought: Hey, I should watch this. Because, I thought, I’ve never heard Bueckers talk to the media, and I wonder where she is in relation to Caitlin Clark. Remember, if not for injured knees, Bueckers had the inside track on the position held by […]
The WNBA players’ union is opting out of its present contract, due to expire in one year. Which suggests the Caitlin Clark Effect has been SO great for professional American women’s basketball that the players have built a position from which they can effectively walk out. Progress: The highest-ever attendance and TV viewership has spiked […]
The Golden State Valkyries Block Party for season ticket buyers (committed or not) sounds like a very dumb event, at which basketball is not the topic, and the music and speaking will suck. Especially since I could’ve won $40 at a chess tournament today, which is a LOT of money. My friend Rebecca, a Liberty […]
The host Mystics beat the Liberty —one of the best teams ever assembled — by 16 on opening night Friday, and it wasn’t that close. The second day of the season isn’t too early to second-guess a coach, is it? The 1983 Sixers were the first “superteam”, so it was their coach Billy Cunningham who […]
The WNBA season starts today, and so far, I’ve no plans to watch. How weird is it that the W hasn’t kept up with women’s college ball, which is booming. Some folks believe it very much is, considering the quality of the players who aren’t making the final cut — Charli Collier, the #1 pick […]
Bloody hell. Arizona St. called in sick, and their visit to the Huntsman Center Friday is canceled. I wanted that game to happen. One, I had a quip about Utah’s pregame preparation for the Sun Devils (I might still think it’s funny before the Utes visit the Desert Financial Arena in Tempe Feb. 19). Two, […]