Two of the hundreds of women’s basketball recruits who signed their national letters of intent during the first part of the NCAA early signing period last week were identical twins Audrey-Ann Goudreau and Khaléann Goudreau. The Goudreaus, have now joined Vanderbilt’s 14th-ranked class. The 6-foot-3 twins are Canadian born and two of the most versatile players in the country. Vanderbilt coach Malanie Balcomb has been quted saying “With our up-tempo game, both will be outstanding additions because each of them loves to run the floor and use their athleticism in transition.” The twins are headed on the road to Vanderbilt where we will see them put their skills in action next year.
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Aubrey Buckley, No.100 overall and No.24 on hoopgurlz top 100. Verbal commitment to Missouri State.
Brianna Turner is the No. 2 prospect for the class of 2014. Turner has made a verbal commitment to Notre Dame.
UConn is number 1 again this week in The Associated Press’ poll. The Huskies, who are 8-0, received all 36 first-place votes from the national media panel on Monday. They went through a busy week of games, winning four games in only five days. The Huskies are playing an NBA-type schedule and this didn’t bother UConn at all. Thus type of play had no effect on the Huskies ability to win. They won all four games by an average of 52 points. This is what helped them earn all 36 first-place votes the the notional media panel. The Huskies do not play again until Sunday when the Huskies face Ohio State. The top 25 did not change this week or switch spots due to none of the top 25 teams playing each other this week. Also no one in the top 25 have fell out yet with just one team out of the top 25 loosing this week was the eighteenth-ranked Oklahoma (4-2), falling 82-76 to UCLA (2-2) on Sunday. This marks the first ranked team that the bruins have beaten this year.
The NCAA has implemented a new no hand check rule. If your a shooter this can be your lucky day. Shots will be flying and games will become a long, foul shooting, boring 89-87 game, instead of a hard fought intense 63-62 game. In my opinion if you are a defensive specialist this is the time to change your game or no longer have any value in the game of basketball. The purpose of this rule was to even out the offensive and defensive game and rise the scoring of basketball game to make them more interesting. Do you believe that implementing a no hand checking rule was the best way to do this? Not me! Hand checking is a way to get into the offensive player. Scoring should not come easy and it should be worked for. When someone is all in you and you still make the basket it is more rewarding and entertaining than the free throw shooting contest this new way of offensively triggered basketball to come. Let the girls and guys play basketball and stop putting the game in the refs hands. Let’s play ball girl’s and stop complaining about dumb fouls. Come on basketball is a rough sport if that’s not what you signed up for then you should stay on the sidelines.
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The NCAA Women’s basketball season tips off Friday, November 8th and beginning on Sunday November 10th ESPN will televise a record number of women’s college basketball games during the 2013-14 season, including a new ESPN Sunday series. The sunday series will start off with Duke at California November 10th at 6pm. Tune in and support the NCAA women’s basketball teams in your area.
The ESPN TV schedule can be found here: http://espn.go.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/9896409/espn-2013-14-women-college-basketball-schedule
Alexandra Maseko, Seton Hall University, basketball
Women of The Year Finalist:
Alexandra Maseko, Seton Hall University, basketball
Elena Crosley, Bowdoin College, field hockey
Elizabeth Duffy, Concordia University, volleyball
Kaaren Hatlen, Pacific Lutheran University, softball
Kelly Majam, University of Hawaii, softball
Ifeatu Okafor, Texas Tech University, track and field
Kayla Shull, Clarion University of Pennsylvania, swimming and diving
Bridgett Soares, LIU Post, lacrosse
Lya Swaner, East Texas Baptist University, softball
The NCAA will select its 2013 Woman of the Year from the nine finalists, who have all completed their athletic eligibility. All have been balancing school and sports for four years and either have their degrees or are finishing up their studies. The NCAA selected the candidates based on their academic performance and athletic achievement, as well as factors like leadership and community service. Many were asked to fill out an application by their athletic director or another administrator and were notified by email as they made each subsequent cut.
Recruiting the Pages!
Posted: October 14, 2013 in UncategorizedTags: Kansas, Kaylee, Kaylee Page, Lanie, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Recruiting, Wamego Kansas
To the Right is Lanie Page a 6-foot-2 junior gaurd at Wamego High scool in Kansas and the number 19 prospect in the ESPNW HoopGurlz super 60 for the class of 2013. To the left is Kaylee Page a 6-2 senior guard for Wamego who has a 4.09 GPA and has committed to play basketball at the University of Nebraska.
Kaylee Page, 17, was the Kansas-Sports.com Player of the Year last season, when she averaged 20.8 points, 8.1 rebounds, 4.3 blocks, 3.1 assists, 1.8 steals a game. She is the No. 42 prospect in the ESPNW HoopGurlz Top 100 for the 2014 class.
Lanie, 15, who has yet to commit to a college, was the Kansas-Sports Sophomore of the Year and made the 10-player all-state first team. She averaged 16 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.5 blocks, 2.9 assists and 3.4 steals a game.
Setting Kaylee Page apart from the rest of her recruiting class is her work ethic. Kaylee is not afraid to hit the weights. She craves anything that is going to help her improve her game and this is what makes Kaylee stand out. This is why it was not a surprise when Kaylee created a love for lifting in her sophomore year. It was also not a surprise when she started lifting with the football team at and even started pushing them.
Lanie has not developed Kaylee’s dedication to the weight room yet but, this has not stopped colleges such as; Texas Tech, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Oklahoma State from offering her a scholarship. There was no way they could not have after seeing Lanie bring the ball up, dribble behind her back, and drill 3-pointers.
On September 19, 2013 Candace Parker was named WNBA most valuable player. Receiving 234 points (10 first place votes) from the national panel she takes the 2013 MVP award. This is the second time that Parker has received this award in her six year long career. As a rookie in 2008, she became the first player in WNBA history to earn both MVP and rookie of the year honors in the same season.
To receive the honor of being the 2013 MVP Candace Parker guided the sparks to a 24-10 record, tied for the second best record, and the Western Conference’s number 2 seed. Parker ranked fourth in blocks with 1.84 blocks per game, sixth in scoring with 17.9 points per game, seventh in rebounding with 8.7 rebounds per game and eight double-doubles, and 12th in assists with a career high of 3.8 assist per game.
Beating out her apponents with 234 points and 10 first place points was not that easy. Comming in second was Minnesota Lynx forward Maya Moore with 218 points (10 first-place votes). In third was Chicago Sky rookie forward/guard Elena Delle Donne finished third with 189 points (seven first place votes). Finishing fourth and fifth were Sky center Sylvia Fowles (109, six first-place votes) and Atlanta Dream forward/guard Angel McCoughtry (90 points, two first-place votes).
Women’s basketball is soaring to new levels with more talent, more promotional aspects of women’s basketball and now women’s basketball is taking over the social media world through “the Kansas twins”. The Kansas Twins have taken over the social media world since their commitment to the Kansas University Jayhawks Women’s basketball team. Dylan and Dakota Gonzalez have stated that there big blow up on social media occurred during the NCAA march madness tournament when they were being compared to Skyler Diggins, who they admire and look up to in many ways. It is said that now that Skylar Diggins college career is over it is now “The Twins” turn to be adored. They were taken by surprise when the social media craze started and since then, they both have decided to focus on what is important and not let social media be a distraction.
“The twins” have more fans on YouTube, Twitter, and Instagram than they have in the town that they live in. Dylan and Dakota Gonzalez not only play basketball but they model and sing as well. Not only can you look up there impressive basketball skills and highlights on YouTube but you can hear their amazing voice and their appearance only adds to the many talents that they posses. You can say that the signing of “The Twins” to Kansas University broke many hearts of guys attending the colleges in the running such as; Auburn, Gonzaga, Stanford, UNLV, and washington.
The choice to go to Kansas University was not the easiest choice for the girls, since they did have options but they have stated that it was the best option for them to be together and create an impact as incoming freshman. They love the coaches, staff, and players there and this is what influenced them to become a Jayhawk. “The Twins” have made an impact on the social media world and now it is time for them to make an impact on the Jayhawks women’s basketball team. We will all like to see them live up to the hype that has arisen from “the twins” social media uproar. Will “the twins” live up to the hype?
Watch out for HER! 