Utah Women’s Basketball Independent
Unaffiliated but friendly with the University of Utah, the Big 16 Conference, and other Pac-12 remnants
Utah beat interstate rival BYU 76-73 in overtime Saturday, completing a regular season in which the Utes lost to all the teams that finished above them in the Big 16 standings, and won against teams beneath them. Utah junior guard Matyson Wilke hit the winning 3-pointer from halfcourt as time expired. I watched that video […]
The San Antonio Spurs beat the Nets 96-87 in Brooklyn Friday. Last season’s rookie of the year Victor Wembanyama had a team-high 19 points and 6 blocks for the Spurs, then made a stir in the basketball and chess worlds by asking where he could find a game of chess. Wembanyama was directed to Washington […]
The Golden State Valkyries have received 15,000 deposits by prospective season ticketholders, and conducted an open house at the Chase Center Aug. 17 to bring together sales representatives and fans. Fans were restricted to exploring the lower two levels of seats. If one wanted to see the upper deck — like I did — an […]
Leah Macy, class of 2025, 5-star recruit — granddaughter of Kyle, point guard on the 1978 NCAA championship team from Kentucky — committed to Notre Dame. There’s time for her to change her mind. Surely some Kentucky booster would commit every NCAA recruiting violation in the book to bring her to Lexington. If Leah Macy […]
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 […]
My friend and colleague Matt — a Cal man — teaches a chess class with another instructor who thinks he knows basketball. That guy says — irrelevant to the chess class — “Who’s the best player in basketball today?”. He was talking about the NBA, and Matt doesn’t follow the NBA. But he does listen […]
After guard Kemery Martin transfered from Utah to Cal, and looked good in some early outings, Utah coach Roberts said: “Her knees aren’t bothering her”.Which I thought was one of the funniest things she ever said, though maybe you had to be there. I thought Kemery was a better cultural fit for Berkeley than Salt […]
My first question for Coach Roberts every summer is: Did you get anyone I’ll like? (Because whether I like a player is more important than her meshing with the team.) Chyra Evans, a 6-foot-2 forward from Australia (by way of U. Michigan and the transfer portal) joined Utah. You can’t tell jack from highlight reels, […]
Has “besides, if you don’t like it here, there’s the transfer portal” become an established part of the college athletics recruiting lexicon? I thought I’d get used to it — then again, baseball’s interleague play, multiple playoff teams, and the designated hitter in the National League remains unfathomable — but it’s just another reminder that […]
When Martin went to the Aces with the 6th pick of the second round of the WNBA draft, she was Coach Bluder’s second player selected. Until then, the only coach with two was Coach Roberts, with Alissa at #8 to Minnesota, and #13 Brynna Maxwell to Chicago.