MVPs, ISU Builds, Minnesotan in Beijing

#3 posting 8.8.2008
your daily dose of girls basketball news & information

PRODUCTIVE, SUCCESSFUL, IRREPLACEABLE
Rethinking Basketball looks at the WNBA MVP race and how to decide the race.

MINNESOTAN IN BEIJING
Werner Roseboom is part of the American delegation in Beijing. She is a 1989 Cannon Falls grad and played college basketball at the College of St. Benedict's '93. She is a Director for the American Olympic delegation. From the Cannon Falls Beacon.

SWEDE IN ALASKA
Hanna Johansson of Lindome has signed with Alaska Anchorage. She is a 6-2 forward.

IOWA STATE BUILDING PROJECT
The Iowa State regents have approved a $8 million basketball practice facility. It will be built by developer Dickson Jensen, who is also involved with the All Iowa Attack basketball program. From the Des Moines Register.

IGHSAU CHALLENGES
Declining enrollment---maybe 75-80 schools will vanish from the Iowa scene in the next decade---to rising gas prices are a few of the challenges for the new IGHSAU director Mike Dick. From the Des Moines Register.

LANGUAGE LESSONS
Brittany McCoy is brushing up her Italian prior to the Gopher trip.

SCHEDULE
Penn State has released their non conference schedule.

CONFERENCE NEWS
The Kensington Lakes Activities Association in Michigan is a new conference. The new conference is a merger of the Kensington Valley and the Western Lakes conferences. From the Hometown Life papers.

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE RADIO
SDSU has picked up four radio stations, including Worthington, MN, in their women's basketball radio network. From the Sioux Falls Argus Leader.

KARE-ING
Lori Prioleau, mother of St. Thomas player DeJurnett Prioleau, was featured as one of the KARE 11 who care.

Next up: later today with the final summer Week that was. Which reminds me--two weeks from now it will be the summer that was. Feel free to email me your comments and suggestions for the different awards (team, player, coach, program, etc) from the summer of 2008. You can reach me at kja8067@gmail.com