BREAKING: Jeff Walz To Resign After Title Game To Work For Geno
In a surprise announcement during his pregame press conference, Louisville coach Jeff Walz said Tuesday’s game will be his last at the school. A new, lucrative opportunity has come up that will bring...
View ArticleUConn Almost Had Louisville’s Sara Hammond
Recruiting can be an exhausting process for both program and player. Sometimes a kid decides they want to play for you right away, like Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, and sometimes they wait for every to...
View ArticleLouisville-UConn – The Last Time They Played
Here is my game story from the UConn-Louisville game played in Hartford in January: There were a few wrinkles to iron out in the blueprint Geno Auriemma carried to practice in preparation for...
View ArticleWalz Will Have Many Suitors
Jeff Walz has taken two Louisville teams to the Final Four in his six seasons and now he’s expected to be one of the most sought-after coaches in game this offseason. Ohio State, already turned down by...
View ArticlePitino Gives Louisville Women Pep Talk
Rick Pitino, the coach of Louisville’s national championship men’s team, is in New Orleans and will be at tonight’s game. He spoke to Jeff Walz’ team earlier today in preparation for their national...
View ArticleUConn Wins Its 8th National Title
After all the years and countless milestones, it’s hardly possible for UConn to bounce a pass anymore without making history. Geno Auriemma, the master craftsman, and his series of master classes, have...
View ArticleJeff Walz On The Journey
Here is a little of what Louisville coach Jeff Walz had to say after the game: “I’d just like to first congratulate UConn and Geno, his entire staff. They’ve done a great job. They’re a fantastic...
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Make Sure You Tip Your Waiter: It Might Be Jeff Walz
During the summertime, I often reach out to various women’s basketball programs and coaches, for no other reason than just say hello or try to include them in one of the stories I am writing. The...
View ArticleThe American Way: Follow The Money To Mohegan Sun
More information is beginning to emerge regarding the decision of The American Athletic Conference to hold its first women’s basketball tournament at the Mohegan Sun Arena. You’ll recall,...
View ArticleESPN Announces Times Of Two More UConn Games
The complete UConn women’s basketball schedule is to be released on Wednesday at 1 p.m. But little bits and pieces continue to seep out of the secret vault. The latest: ESPN’s announcement Monday that...
View ArticleJeff Walz Says Louisville-UConn To Continue After Split To ACC
Great news from Louisville coach Jeff Walz this afternoon as we all prepare for Sunday’s showdown between No. 1 UConn and No. 4 Louisville at Gampel Pavilion. The game will be for first place in The...
View ArticleJeff Walz And Louisville: The Style Is Blue Collar And Open Collar
Since becoming Louisville’s coach in 2007, Jeff Walz has done a masterful job imposing his blue collar, open collar style on a program that was basically faceless before he arrived. In just six...
View ArticleUConn-Louisville: A Game That Means Everything (And Nothing)
Back in the day, as Geno Auriemma likes to say, losing key regular-season conference games meant almost certain trouble for upstart programs like the one he inherited at UConn in 1985. The landscape...
View ArticleSaniya Chong’s Other Suitor Still Loves Her (Game)
Louisville was one of Saniya Chong’s major suitors when during her All-American high school career. And UConn’s recruitment of her made perfect sense to Cardinals coach Jeff Walz. “UConn does a great...
View ArticleUConn Handles Louisville Challenge
No, this wasn’t Notre Dame. But that’s only because this Louisville series barely had time to marinate before realignment pulled it out of the brine by sending the Cardinals to the Atlantic Coast...
View ArticleChanneling Geno: Same Commentary, Different Voice
One of the most entertaining aspects of the gone-but-not-forgotten series with Notre Dame was listening to Geno Auriemma describe, in his own unique way, his feeling that the Irish got every imaginable...
View ArticleLouisville’s Jeff Walz Named To USA Basketball’s U18 Staff
Louisville women’s basketball coach Jeff Walz will be an assistant for the 2014 U18 National Team which will play in FIBA Americas Championship with teams from two continents and the Caribbean. The top...
View ArticleUConn, Louisville For All The Cards
When Notre Dame left the Big East for the Atlantic Coast Conference after last season, it ended what was the most compelling series in women’s college basketball. It also left UConn behind to fend for...
View ArticleA Look At UConn-Louisville
No. 1 UCONN WOMEN at No. 3 LOUISVILLE Site: KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Ky. Time: 7 p.m. TV: ESPN2 (Beth Mowins and Stephanie White) Radio: WTIC-AM 1080, WILI-AM 1400 (Bob Joyce and Debbie Fiske)...
View ArticleUConn Wins AAC Tournament In A Breeze
It is the great misfortune of Louisville to operate in this time and place; the Big East, the American Athletic Conference, the era of UConn. It must be disheartening. There’s really nothing fair about...
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