Thursday, July 24, 2008

Brawl Aftermath, More Talent Evaluation

#3 posting 7.24.2008
your daily dose of girls basketball news & information

BRAWL AFTERMATH
Shock player Cheryl Ford is out for the season with an ACL injury trying to prevent teammate Plenette Pierson from fighting in Tuesday. The WNBA is reviewing the entire incident. From the Detroit Free Press.
Mechelle Voepel of ESPN weighs in on "hot heads," "Bad Girls," and women going down the same "dark path" as the men.

NATIVE AMERICAN BASKETBALL INVITATIONAL
The B-Ball Divas from Pine Ridge, SD are 1-1 in the NABI tournament in Phoenix. From the Rapid City Journal. The results are on the NABI site. Look for team 28. Also team 26 is from SD.

EYE VS NUMBERS PART IV
David Friedman of 20 Second Time Out continues his discussion with Fran Fraschilla on talent evaluation. Today the discussion centers on the difference in talent level from the NBA to college. In other words what works at one level will not necessarily translate to the next level.

Next up: later today with more MN Elite camp information