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Dawn Staley: South Carolina

Other than the start of basketball season, Christmas is my favorite time of the year. It is the spirit and memories that are made with family and friends that make me smile. And it is the one day that I do not watch basketball!

Tamara Flarup (is that a great name or WHAT!) Director of Wisconsin Web Site services.

I hope Santa Bucky visited all of you over the holidays. We may expect an appearance yet tonight by the red-clad rodent.

Coach Webster et al: IPFW

I’ve just been watching, listening to, and scouting basketball as much as possible. I have to agree with Coach Mann and what she wrote earlier about always having a game on. It’s so much fun now that I know coaches at other schools and watching their progress, and that combined with watching my favorite teams (Duke men, the Bulls, and the Celtics) has been great so far. The other team I’ve been following closely is my Chicago Bears who just had a HUGE win tonight over the Packers which is always that much more satisfying for me after living in Green Bay for four years!!

Hitting the Harwood: USF Bulls

Future USF women's basketball player Tahira Johnson, of Christ the King High School in Queens, NY, is mentioned in a story today on ESPN's HoopGurlz high School basketball recruiting section. She, along with some of the top high school girls basketball players in the country, are featured in a story on the upcoming Nike Tournament of Champions in Chandler, Ariz., one of the most prestigious tournament's in all of high school basketball.

Roni Hicks and Matt Park: Michigan

What do you do with a week off during a season? If you’re a player for Michigan’s women’s basketball team, you spent time finishing up the fall semester, taking final exams and writing final papers, and practicing a little bit as well. If you’re a broadcaster – which I am – you spend time with your family, work on a redecoration of your bedroom, and take a peek at how not all non-conference schedules are created equal.

Coach Tom Webb: Cameron Aggies

This is the best time of year – college football bowl season, basketball is on every sports channel you can find, final test are over for our players, there is a little chill in the air (even in Oklahoma this morning), Christmas cookies, and a little snow on Christmas morning wouldn’t be all bad.

Senior Traci Ray: Charlotte 49ers

Yesterday, I saw the great competitive spirit in our team. Although losses are difficult I can see that our team is learning from them. Instead of breaking apart I see urgency in all of us. That gives me optimism and confidence as we near conference play. I know that our team is growing everyday and can see the potential for a Conference Championship. But before we can worry about that we have Clemson and North Carolina A&T to deal with. Our pre-season has shown us we can hang with the best.

Coach Karen Aston: Charlotte 49ers

Greetings from Niner Nation,
We are home from our tour of the country and are pleased with our 7-2 start. Since seven of our nine games have taken place away from Charlotte, the significance of being able to win - early in the season - AWAY from the friendly confines of our own Halton Arena - is not lost on any of us.

Cat's Dish: Vermont

Here’s a recap of the Vermont women’s basketball team’s trip to Louisville, Kentucky. It was the first time in the history of the program the team traveled to the state and played at Louisville .... Click Here for photos from the trip.

Day 1 - And Their Off:

Friday - 12:45 a.m. (that’s not a typo, yes that’s A.M.): We load the bus to drive to Manchester, N.H. where we will board our flight to Chicago. Joel, our all-conference bus driver, drives through a few snow flurries in the snow belt of Vermont (the Montpelier to Northfield for those of you not familiar), but we realize at Exit 5 (Northfield) we forgot to pick up Coach Lanpher. He lives in Barre (Exit 7) and we usually pick him up and drop him off during road trips. Luckily Coach Dawley was driving an hour behind us and was able to stop and pick him up.

Hofstra junior Sam Brigham and sophomore Candice Bellocchio: Bouncing Blog

After the long break for finals we are ready to get back to action on Friday night against Rice. Its been about a week and a half since our last game against Maine and our days have been filled with studying and practice. We have been learning from our mistakes and learning to play together more and more and realize that it is going to take everyone for us to be successful this year. We're ready to get back to games!

Wendy Ausdemore, Kelsey Cermak and Hannah Draxten: Iowa

On Saturday, we are heading to Des Moines to take on the very tough Drake Bulldogs. This is a big game for us in many ways. We all get excited to play Drake because that is where Coach Bluder coached and also where Coach J and Coach Fitz played. We are also one game away from being state champs, which was our first team goal for this season. Personally, I am excited because Drake is only a few minutes from my hometown and it will be fun to see some of my family and friends.

Oklahoma Sooners: Watch the Comeback

The game wasn't televised, but cameras were there. Created by syncing the OU coaches' game video with the audio from the Sooner Sports Network radio broadcast with play-by-play announcer Brian Brinkley and color analyst Kendra Wecker, this SoonerSports.com web exclusive is now available.

Sophomore Emma Cannon: University of Central Florida - Cannonball 24

St. Thomas was the most beautiful place I have ever seen, and when we landed I was so amazed. Every day was a nice day and walking out on the balcony of my hotel room brought me nothing but happiness. On the first day we got there I went to the beach. We stayed in the hotel with other teams such as Baylor, Cal, Texas Tech, Villanova, Wisconsin, and USF. Our hotel had two different swimming pools, several restaurants and its own beach. It also had a view that you could never forget.

Coach Marnie Darko: UMass

The kids are in the midst of a five-day break, which I'm sure they are very happy about. We went into Christmas on a good note having won our last game vs. Northeastern. The game before you leave for break is always scary because you don't want the kids to have "one foot out the door."

Blogs that are in hibernation, reminding SIDs once again -- if you're going to blog, you gotta commit!

Jenna Smith: Illinois (Last entry Sept 7th)
CSTV She's On Fire: (Last entry April 8th)
Coach McCallie: (Last entry June 17th)
Hartford Hoops Blog (Last entry March 31st)
Coach Shimmy Gray-Miller: St. Louis University (Last entry summer recruiting)
Notre Dame: (Last entry Sept 29th)