Vandy cancels opener due to issues with virus
Vanderbilt canceled its women's basketball season opener due to a lack of available players.
Vanderbilt canceled its women's basketball season opener due to a lack of available players.
Elissa Cunane scored 17 points and No. 9 North Carolina State had a 23-0 second-quarter run in a 74-38 victory over Chattanooga on Thursday night.
Dana Evans scored 18 points to lead No. 8 Louisville to an 86-37 victory over Chattanooga on Thursday night.
Chattanooga has promoted Katie Burrows to take over for retired Women's Basketball Hall of Famer Jim Foster as women's basketball coach.
The coaches who got their starts in the 1970s were pioneers, pragmatic and hardworking. Jim Foster is not just one of them, he is one of the best.
Chattanooga's Jim Foster is retiring after winning more than 900 games over four decades. He's the only women's basketball coach to earn NCAA tournament bids with four different schools.
Chattanooga's Jim Foster earned his 900th career victory in women's basketball to move into a tie for seventh place on the NCAA's all-time list Thursday as the Mocs breezed to a 58-41 victory over Western Carolina.
Will anyone dethrone UConn? How far will Kelsey Plum carry Washington? And what's the upset we'll most likely see this weekend?
Losses by the favorites in the Mid-American and Mountain West tournaments caused plenty of shifts, and paved the way for a few mid-majors -- including Chattanooga and Quinnipiac -- to move up on the board.
How competitive is women's basketball outside of the Power 5 conferences? The two mid-major teams that met in last season's WNIT final aren't even in our preseason rankings.
Chattanooga women's basketball coach Jim Foster has received a one-year contract extension, the same day the school gave the men's coach a two-year extension.
It wasn't Mississippi State's best game, but Victoria Vivians and the bigger, more athletic Bulldogs took Chattanooga's best shot, surviving to advance to the second round.
UConn is the overwhelming favorite. But it's not the only defending champion in Bridgeport, a place where -- Mechelle Voepel reminds us -- the Huskies once lost in a regional.
Chattanooga faces Mercer in the Southern championship game with an NCAA tournament berth on the line.
Army, Idaho and Wright State broke into this week's top 10, but the Flyers maintain the No. 1 spot in Graham Hays' latest mid-major poll.
UConn is 4-0, winning by an average margin of more than 40 points. But the Huskies know that every time they take the floor, new fans might be watching -- and UConn can help grow the game.
The Huskies improved to 4-0 by outscoring the Lady Mocs 42-8 in the second half, including this sequence, in which Gabby Williams scored followed by a Napheesa Collier steal and layup.
Moriah Jefferson leads all scorers with 13, including this 3-pointer, as No. 1 UConn leads Chattanooga 37-23 at the half on the road on ESPN3.
The Mocs puts their 17-game home win streak on the line against the defending national champion Huskies, winners of 40 games in a row. Streaming live on ESPN3
Without injured star Whitney Knight for the time being, Florida Gulf Coast fell out of the top spot and all the way out of the top 10. Unbeaten Dayton takes over at No. 1.
Fans had mid-majors to thank for much of the fun in the 2015 NCAA tourney. With perhaps the deepest collection of viable mid-major teams of the past decade, this year could be even better.
Chattanooga coach Jim Foster has received a two-year extension to a contract that now runs through the 2020-21 season.
From players to watch and potential upsets to the best games in the first round, espnW breaks down each region of the women's NCAA tournament.
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
---|---|---|---|
Samford | 11-2 | - | 14-8 |
Mercer | 10-3 | 1 | 16-6 |
Chattanooga | 9-5 | 2.5 | 14-9 |
Wofford | 7-7 | 4.5 | 11-10 |
Furman | 6-8 | 5.5 | 10-13 |
UNC Greensboro | 6-8 | 5.5 | 8-15 |
Western Carolina | 3-10 | 8 | 6-17 |
East Tennessee State | 1-10 | 9 | 3-15 |