http://www.wacotrib.com The latest headlines from wacotrib en-us Copyright 2009, Cox Newspapers Inc., wacotrib Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:58:26 EST Newspapers COXnet RSS Generator v1.0 http://img.coxnewsweb.com/C/05/98/58/image_1358985.jpg http://www.wacotrib.com 5 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/11/18/11182009wacladybears.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/11/18/11182009wacladybears.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Ah, the joys of youth. Even playing against the youngest team in Division I basketball, Baylor’s own baby-faced freshmen looked spry and bouncy. With three first-year flashes among five players in double figures, the No. 8 Lady Bears breezed past Tennessee Tech, 100-55, in their home opener before a crowd of 6,266 Tuesday night at the Ferrell Center. Despite facing constant double and triple-teams, BU’s 6-8 freshman post Brittney Griner nearly registered a triple-double, tallying 10 points, 11 rebounds and eight blocked shots in 21 minutes before fouling on a reach-in swipe with 10:10 to play. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/11/16/11162009wacLadyBearsUTlong.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/11/16/11162009wacLadyBearsUTlong.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — You can’t scale Summitts overnight, as the Baylor freshman-laden women’s basketball team discovered. It was a bit of a rocky topper to the season for the No. 7 Lady Bears, as Pat Summitt’s eighth-ranked Tennessee Lady Vols seized control with a 12-0 run to start the second half in a 74-65 win before a crowd of 12,824 Sunday afternoon at Tennessee’s Thompson-Boling Arena. Chalk it up as a lesson learned for Baylor (0-1), which held a two-point lead at halftime but hurt itself with turnovers, committing 22, and silly fouls. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/11/15/11152009wacladybearadv.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/11/15/11152009wacladybearadv.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST When a youngster is first trying to find her footing, the normal method of teaching is to allow her to take a few baby steps. Then again, you can always strap a kid to a pair of roller skates, push her down a hill and wish her luck. It certainly won’t be the usual season-opening learning experience for the seventh-ranked Baylor Lady Bears, who tangle with eighth-ranked and perennial women’s basketball power Tennessee at Thompson Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tenn., in the State Farm Tipoff Classic on national television today. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/11/15/11152009waccherry.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/11/15/11152009waccherry.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — There’s never really a bad time to pass along a history lesson. That’s a fact not lost on Baylor women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey, who rarely misses an opportunity to try to educate her team. Those lessons don’t always take place on the court, either. Several seasons back, on a road trip to Hawaii, Mulkey took the Lady Bears to Pearl Harbor so her charges could gain a sense of the gravity of what once unfolded in that place. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/11/14/11142009wacbig12women.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/11/14/11142009wacbig12women.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST When it comes to the history of Big 12 women’s basketball, nobody will ever forget Paris. Either one of them, really. With all-everything frontcourt stars Courtney and Ashley Paris having graduated from Oklahoma and moved on to the WNBA, the race to a Big 12 championship seems more unobstructed than ever. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/11/12/11122009wacladybears.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/11/12/11122009wacladybears.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Throughout her high school career, Odyssey Sims — the nation’s top-ranked high school point guard — has dazzled with her ability to score and pass the basketball. Yet Baylor coach Kim Mulkey loved what she saw out of Sims on the other end of the court. “Odyssey is a point guard with tremendous basketball instincts,” said Mulkey, who signed the Irving MacArthur product to a national letter of intent Wednesday. “But for her to play as hard as she does on the defensive end is what is really impressive. It’s like a game to Odyssey Sims to see how many steals she can get. You love that as a coach.” http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/11/11/11112009wacladybears.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/11/11/11112009wacladybears.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST You can’t take the underdog out of a country girl from Tickfaw, La. Baylor coach Kim Mulkey has always relished the underdog tag, using others’ tempered expectations as motivational fuel for her teams. So now that Lady Bears are sitting at the head of the table as preseason favorites — picked No. 1 in the Big 12 coaches’ poll, No. 4 nationally in the USA Today poll — can Mulkey still adopt that hungry, let’s-shock-everyone mind-set? You bet she can. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/11/08/11082009wacladybears.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/11/08/11082009wacladybears.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Sun, 8 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Brittney Griner had already put on a pretty dominating show for the home crowd. Then she decided to pull up the curtain and unveil the entire package. Griner brought the house down with an emphatic second-half dunk, then excitedly flashed several other facets of her game in sparking the No. 7 Baylor Lady Bears to an 81-52 romp over Incarnate Word in exhibition play before 6,262 fans at the Ferrell Center Saturday night. Griner finished with 25 points, 11 rebounds, five blocked shots and one extremely crowd-pleasing slam. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/11/07/11072009wacladybears.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/11/07/11072009wacladybears.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST As dominant as the No. 7 Baylor Lady Bears were at times in their 97-43 romp over St. Edward’s in the exhibition opener Tuesday, the frightening truth for their upcoming opponents is this: They can still be better. Baylor coach Kim Mulkey was pleased with her team’s hustle against St. Edward’s, but still kept a running tally of the ways they needed to improve. For one, she understands that sanding off the rough edges of BU’s five freshmen is far from an overnight process. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/11/04/11042009wacladybears.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/11/04/11042009wacladybears.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST Baylor coach Kim Mulkey knows her Lady Bears are far from a finished product, but she still admired the way they finished Tuesday night. The seventh-ranked Lady Bears shot a sizzling 70 percent from the floor in the second half and tightened up the defensive screws in running away with a 97-43 win over St. Edward’s in the exhibition opener before an eager crowd of 6,095 at the Ferrell Center. “I thought our defense was better in the second half,” said Mulkey, whose team held the Hilltoppers to just 15 points after the break. “I thought we gave up too many points in the first half. It was good to see the crowd we had here on a Tuesday night — football season, an exhibition game, and we have over 6,000 fans here. That was very special.” http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/11/03/11032009wacLadyBears.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/11/03/11032009wacLadyBears.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Tue, 3 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST If Baylor women’s coach Kim Mulkey had her druthers, the officials wouldn’t even turn on the scoreboard for tonight’s exhibition opener. Mulkey is treating this game against St. Edward’s as more of a glorified practice, a chance to continue to educate her young pupils, including her five freshmen. “You always look forward to your first exhibition or your first game, but I really think they understand we have a lot to learn,” Mulkey said. “We haven’t really had much time to think about it. Back in the dorm or back in the apartment, they may count days to when they play, but when we’re over here, we don’t even talk about it. It’s work, work and more work. That’s the approach we’re going to take this week.” http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/10/31/10312009wacbubasket.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/10/31/10312009wacbubasket.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT The Baylor women’s basketball team may have plenty of new faces, but they are still expected to do well by the nation’s media. Baylor came in at No. 7 in the Associated Press Top 25 preseason poll, the school’s second-highest preseason ranking ever. The Lady Bears were No. 6 in 2005-06, the year after winning the NCAA title. Defending national champion Connecticut was a unanimous selection as the No. 1 team, followed by Stanford, Ohio State, Notre Dame, North Carolina and Duke in spots 2-6. Baylor was the top Big 12 team in the poll; others included No. 12 Texas, No. 13 Oklahoma and No. 20 Kansas. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/10/30/10302009wacbrice.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/10/30/10302009wacbrice.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT When the elevator is going up — way up — it’s wise to enter on the ground floor. It’s sage advice for not only skyscraper visitors but also any would-be Baylor women’s basketball fans out there, those hoops holdouts trying to determine whether they should shell out the money for that season ticket package or not. Just buy ‘em, jack. Trust me. You’re going to want to be there for every second of Brittney Griner’s collegiate career. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/10/30/10302009wachostsite.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/10/30/10302009wachostsite.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT Baylor has been selected as one of 16 first-round host sites for the 2010-11 NCAA women’s basketball tournament, the NCAA announced Thursday. Besides Waco, the other 15 cities that will host first-round games include Albuquerque, N.M.; Auburn, Ala.; Charlottesville, Va.; Cincinnati; Columbus, Ohio; College Park, Md.; Durham, N.C.; Knoxville, Tenn.; Salt Lake City; Spokane, Wash.; Shreveport, La.; Stanford, Calif.; Storrs, Conn.; University Park, Pa.; and Wichita, Kan. “We consider it a great privilege to host the NCAA opening round games,” BU athletic director Ian McCaw said. “Baylor is blessed with the best women’s basketball fans in the country, and Lady Bear Nation will fill the Ferrell Center.” http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/10/28/10282009wactipoff.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/10/28/10282009wactipoff.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT Excitement is in the air as basketball season looms in Waco. Anyone who needs any proof of that needs to only ask any of the record crowd of 1,150 that turned out Tuesday for the 13th annual Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce Tip-off Luncheon at the Ferrell Center. Those in attendance were treated to a discussion between Baylor women’s coach Kim Mulkey and assistant Leon Barmore, both of whom were part of three national championship teams at Louisiana Tech and are members of the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/10/27/10272009wactipoff.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/10/27/10272009wactipoff.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT The Greater Waco Chamber of Commerce will hold its 12th annual Tipoff Luncheon at 11:30 today at the Ferrell Center. The event will feature a “war story” format where Baylor head women’s coach Kim Mulkey and her mentor Leon Barmore share basketball tales. Baylor men’s coach Scott Drew and McLennan Community College coaches Kevin Gill and Ricky Rhodes will also offer previews of their teams. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/10/18/10182009wacladybears.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/10/18/10182009wacladybears.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT There’s no doubt the Baylor women’s basketball team has plenty of talent, and there’s a legitimate buzz about what it could achieve in the 2009-10 season. On Friday night, a large crowd watched as eight returning letterwinners and six new Lady Bears went through their first practice as the Ferrell Center. “We had a great first practice,” Baylor coach Kim Mulkey said. “I bet there were a thousand people there.” http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/10/16/10162009wacbaylorhoops.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/10/16/10162009wacbaylorhoops.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT Baylor women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey was like a teacher before the first day of school Thursday — eager to start educating her pupils. Both the Lady Bears and Bears tip off practices today, the official start date across the NCAA. And both Mulkey and men’s coach Scott Drew have plenty of fresh-faced newcomers on their rosters. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/10/16/10162009wacno1.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/10/16/10162009wacno1.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT New faces or not, much is expected of the Baylor women’s basketball team. So say the Big 12 coaches, who tabbed Baylor as the No. 1 team in the Big 12’s preseason poll. In a tight race, Baylor tallied 109 points and five first-place votes, edging Kansas and Texas, who tied for second with 106 points. Texas A&M was slotted fourth, defending regular-season champion Oklahoma was fifth and Nebraska was sixth. http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/10/13/10132009wacbutv.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 http://www.wacotrib.com/baylor/content/sports/college/2009/10/13/10132009wacbutv.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=17 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT Two additional Baylor women’s basketball games have been added to television schedules, bringing the team’s number of TV games this season to 10. Fox Sports Southwest will televise the Dec. 5 game between Baylor and Louisiana Tech, which pits Kim Mulkey and assistant coach Leon Barmore against their alma mater for the first time. Louisiana Tech coach Teresa Weatherspoon was a former star player for the Lady Techsters under Barmore and Mulkey.