Faith Dupree sidelined for season

Tennessee’s post depth took a hit Monday with the announcement that forward Faith Dupree would be sidelined for the season because of lower back pain. The freshman had been bothered by back spasms and a decision was made to spend this season working on her core strength and flexibility off the floor so that she would be healthy on the court next year.   Full Story

ESPN HoopGurlz has ranked the Duquesne women's basketball team the 37th best recruting class in the country.   Full Story

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Following a critical Southeastern Conference showdown between the nationally-ranked Kentucky and Florida volleyball teams at 2 p.m. EST, the undefeated UK Hoops team welcomes Chattanooga to Memorial Coliseum Sunday, Nov. 22 at 6 p.m. EST. The game will be broadcast live on the Big Blue Sports Radio Network (radio).   Full Story

Sunday is a measuring-stick game for Tennessee as the Lady Vols take on a ranked opponent on the road – and one that beat them last season in Knoxville. “Definitely,” said Angie Bjorklund, who didn’t play in the Virginia game a year ago because of back issues. She’s back for this one and anxious to see how the team responds in what should be a truer test of their improvement from last season.   Full Story

Tennessee used its practice session Friday to put in some new looks on offense and defense and will travel to Virginia on Saturday to go over its scouting report at the Cavaliers’ arena before Sunday afternoon’s game in Charlottesville. The Lady Vols also have piped in crowd noise at practice this week in anticipation of loud venues for the next two games.   Full Story

CHICAGO- DePaul's Keisha Hampton and Katherine Harry proved to be solid bookends in DePaul's match up against Cornell Friday night in game two of the Maggie Dixon Classic at McGrath Arena.   Full Story

When Taber Spani walked to the sideline during a timeout in the Texas Tech game in San Antonio, she smiled at an assistant coach and said, “I am going to make my next shot.” Spani had struggled from the field – and inexplicably for her from the free throw line – but she took a gunslinger’s mentality back onto the court and drained her next shots to lead all scorers for the game.   Full Story

Inside a look at the preseason selections made by the SCBCA. A look at the top players and top teams including Berkeley standout PG Bruce Ellington (pictured) who has already signed his letter of intent with the South Carolina Gamecocks.   Full Story

CHICAGO - DePaul women's basketball coach Doug Bruno announced today that Uniquah Hampton, Jasmine Penny and Shukurah Washington have all signed a National Letter of Intent and will join the Blue Demons for the 2010-11 season.   Full Story

PITTSBURGH - Duquesne University head women's basketball coach Suzie McConnell-Serio had announced the signings of 6-3 guard/forward Orsi Szecsi (pronounced OR-shee SAY-chee) (Budapest, Hungary/Oak Hill (Va.) Academy) and 6-1 forward Wumi Agunbiade (pronounced WOO-mee a-GOON-bee-ahh-day) (Pickering, Ontario/Dunbarton) to National Letters of Intent.   Full Story

CHICAGO- DePaul's Deirdre Naughton scored her 1,000th career point during the first half of Sunday night's game against North Dakota State. For DePaul's sake, it was a good thing she didn't stop there.   Full Story

Coming off a 22-11 effort, Tennessee might have been better served to ease into the new season, but the Lady Vols will open today against Baylor in a matchup of top 10 teams. The players see it as a fresh start. The coaches embrace it as an early gauge on where the team is now and how far it will need to go.   Full Story

Glory Johnson returned to practice Friday afternoon with a brace on her left shoulder while Kelley Cain sat out the session with lower back stiffness, but both players are expected to be in the starting lineup for Sunday’s matchup against Baylor and its dunking sensation, 6’8 freshman center Brittney Griner.   Full Story

Kaneisha Horn of Ramsay High School, a 2010 class top five nationally sought after women’s basketball prospect will officially sign her letter-of-intent with The University of Alabama on Friday morning. Horn talked about her decision.   Full Story

ST. LOUIS – Saint Louis University women’s basketball coach Shimmy Gray-Miller announced today that five high school student-athletes have signed a National Letter of Intent to play for the Billikens beginning next season   Full Story

WHEN JUNE DAUGHERTY unveils her 2010 recruiting class this week with the start of college basketball’s early signing period, she will have done something unprecedented for WSU’s women’s program: Put together a third consecutive recruiting class that will draw national attention. “With just the first two players in the class it could rank in the top 50 in the country,” says analyst Chris Hansen.   Full Story

Tennessee’s second exhibition game – a 79-46 win over Delta State on Monday evening – left a lot to be desired as far as Pat Summitt was concerned and outside of a dominant performance from Kelley Cain and the effort of freshman Taber Spani, the coach spent most of her post-game press conference pointing out where her players needed to get better – and soon.   Full Story

At McGrath Arena tonight, the Blue Demons men’s and women’s basketball teams each defeated their respective opponents in their final exhibition games before the start of the 2009-10 regular season.   Full Story

Carson-Newman knew it was running into a buzz saw by being the first team to face Tennessee since its loss last spring in the opening round of the NCAA tourney, and the Lady Vols spit out a 124-34 win over the undersized Lady Eagles. Pat Summitt and her coaching staff went into the game hoping to see better leadership and composure than a year ago, and her team delivered.   Full Story

CHICAGO- It may be true that new uniforms, like new shoes, take some time to get broken in. In Tuesday night's exhibition opener against St. Xavier, it took DePaul about 15 minutes for that to occur.   Full Story

Glory Johnson is likely to occupy two different parts of the basketball court at times this season – in the paint on offense and on the perimeter on defense. Her directions from the coaching staff have been specific – under control around the basket with the ball, aggressive when the opponent has possession – and, so far, the sophomore forward has adjusted to the demands.   Full Story

The first AP poll of the 2009-10 season was unveiled Friday, and the voters selected Tennessee at No. 8. On the one hand, it’s the Lady Vols’ lowest ranking to open a season since 1985 when they debuted at No. 9. On the other hand, the voters’ last vision of Tennessee was a first round loss in the NCAA tourney.   Full Story

Taber Spani will get a one-on-one film session today with Pat Summitt – naturally the self-described freshman “sponge” is looking forward to it – as Tennessee needs some additional depth at power forward and the 6’1 sharpshooter has the size and basketball IQ to handle the responsibilities.   Full Story

UK women's coach Matthew Mitchell told KSR's Larry Vaught that junior Patrick Patterson, of the men's team, can help inspire his players — or anyone else.   Full Story

CHICAGO- Architecture is a craft that requires, among other things, the ability to put the correct pieces in the correct places. And if that is done consistently, and done well, the finished product is something that should stand for some time. And so, too, with basketball.   Full Story