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Monday, January 19, 2009

Lots more from the ESPN Women's Basketball Blog: Hays shines the spotlight on the Cal-Stanford game.

Could California and Stanford have possibly renewed their Bay Area rivalry in a worse time slot? Opposite the Steelers and Ravens, immediately after another top-10 showdown in the Big 12 between Oklahoma and Texas A&M and the night before No. 1 Connecticut plays No. 2 North Carolina in a battle of unbeatens. Ouch.

I guess it could have been worse; the two Pac-10 powers could have scheduled it for the middle of Barack Obama's inaugural address Tuesday afternoon.

He also reflects on the future road for Doty and the Huskies

When I suffered a torn ACL in my left knee a few years ago, a friend joked that I was taking my love of women's basketball a little too far. It was the kind of gallows humor you need to hear at a time like that, and hopefully someone close to Caroline Doty is making her chuckle today, perhaps touting the chance to temporarily escape Geno Auriemma's line of fire at practice.

Mechelle writes about Staley and Summitt

When South Carolina coach Dawn Staley looked around at the 16,000-plus fans who were in Thompson-Boling Arena on Sunday, she didn't reflect back so much on what used to be. Instead, she thought about what might be some day.