by LadySwish | Dec 9, 2015 | LadySwish |
1. Virginia Tech (7-1) Last week: 4 Resounding road victories at Penn State and at Tennessee sent an emphatic message, particularly from a Tech team that had stumbled badly at Georgetown (73-56 losers) in its only previous road contest. While the win over the Lady...
by LadySwish | Dec 9, 2015 | LadySwish, Virginia Tech |
Ever been to Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville? It’s a cathedral of sorts. For one thing, it’s orange inside just about everywhere your eyes take you. Blinding orange. It’s overwhelming to walk in the octagonal building that sits northwest of the...
by LadySwish | Dec 7, 2015 | LadySwish |
You see and feel the difference the moment you step into the arena. There are people – shiny happy (little) people, as Michael Stipe would say – where the empty seats usually are. The game hasn’t even started yet, but the wall of sound these kids...
by LadySwish | Dec 5, 2015 | LadySwish |
The busiest day of the women’s basketball season so far as 10 of the state’s 13 programs will do battle. A look at the matchups: VCU (5-1) at No. 17 Arizona State (3-2), 4 p.m. This first-round game in the Sun Devils’ ASU Classic looms as by far the toughest test for...
by LadySwish | Dec 3, 2015 | LadySwish |
Wofford (1-6) at William and Mary (5-1), 7 p.m., Big Ten Network – The Tribe made things interesting late – don’t they always? – in Tuesday’s win at Delaware State but held on to enough of their 19-point fourth-quarter lead...
by LadySwish | Dec 2, 2015 | LadySwish |
Loyola (Md., 2-4) at Old Dominion (1-6), 11 a.m. Another packed house is expected at the Constant Center for ODU”s fifth annual “Education Day” contest featuring more than 7,000 elementary school students from virtually all of Norfolk’s public...
