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Atlanta Dream Similarity Scores for 2009

Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009

Last year, I did a few posts regarding similarity scores . From the earlier post: Similarity Scores was designed to be a fair way to compare players by their career statistical lines. The idea is "start with 1000" points and then begin to take away points from points of difference. For example, if two players had career steals totals that were 20 steals apart, we would take one point away...

McCoughtry's 20 lead U.S. to gold at Russian tourney

Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009

Fueled by a 23-0 run that covered the last half of the second quarter and the first two minutes of the third, the USA Women's National Team handed host UMMC Ekaterinburg a 78-63 defeat to win its third game in three days and claim the Ekaterinburg International Invitational championship Sunday in Ekaterinburg, Russia. The U.S. was led by Angel McCoughtry 's 20 points on 9-for-15 shooting. Swin Cash...

• USA Women’s National Team Outguns UMMC Ekaterinburg To Capture 2009 Ekaterinburg International Invitational Title - USA Canoe/Kayak
• Auriemma's USA team completes sweep in Ekaterinburg - UCONN | Women's Basketball

E3/2009 - USA Women's National Team 78, Ekaterinburg 63

Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009

This picture made the USA Basketball front page. Powered by a 23-0 run over the second and third quarters and a 20 point game from Angel McCoughtry , the USA Women's National Team swept the Ekaterinburg International Invitational with a 78-63 victory over their hosts, powerful Russian Superleague A team UMMC Ekaterinburg. The box score is here . A write-up of the game will probably be forthcoming on...

USA/RUS/GRE/HUN/CZE – Star-laden USA Women ready for Ekaterinburg event

FIBA (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009

EKATERINBURG (2010 FIBA World Championship for Women) - New Team USA boss Geno Auriemma shouldn't have any problems knowing what buttons to push for many of his players when he coaches a USA side in a four-team tournament in Ekaterinburg, Russia, this week. That's because Sue Bird, Asjha Jones, Swin Cash, Tina Charles and Maya Moore have played for ...

Hoopfeed Daily Twitter Digest for 2009-10-06

hoopfeed.com (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009

Time to put supposed head-butt behind us (ESPN) http://j.mp/bO0EY #wnba 07:00:17 Mercury concerned about foul shots (azcentral.com) http://j.mp/AVVTC #wnba 07:00:18 Fever's Dunn is loud, crude, funny (Indianapolis Star) http://j.mp/1dcPJ7 #wnba 07:30:08 Bowling Green signs women's basketball coach Curt Miller to a two-year contract extension http://j.mp/3nN1BF #ncaaw 08:00:17 Study: NCAA penalties...

Storm All-Stars Swin Cash and Sue Bird headed to Russia

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009

Swin Cash's "comeback" continues to be a success. The Storm F made it through USA Basketball training in Washington, D.C. last week and departed with the selected 12-member squad to play in a four-team tournament in Russia.

Auriemma Takes Reins of Team USA

The FanHouse - NBA (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009

by Michelle Smith Filed under: WNBA , USA Basketball Camp Geno breaks today. The current incarnation of the U.S. women's national team, coached by Geno Auriemma, leaves today for Ekaterinburg, Russia to take on a group of club teams in an invitational tournament. Following six days of training camp in Washington, the 13-player roster was selected for Monday's flight. It includes 2008 Olympians Sue...

Ta Da!: USA Basketball Women's National Team...

Women's Hoops Blog (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009

Ta Da!: USA Basketball Women's National Team Set To Travel To Russia For First Test After training for six days in Washington, D.C., 2009-12 USA Basketball Women's National Team members and Olympic gold medalists Sue Bird (Seattle Storm), Sylvia Fowles (Chicago Sky) and Candace Parker (Los Angeles Sparks) will lead a USA squad in Russia in the four-team 2009 Ekaterinburg International Invitational....

McCoughtry Off To Russia for October Tournament

Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009

From USA Basketball via the Hartford Courant and John Altavilla: "After training for six days in Washington, D.C., 2009-12 USA Basketball Women's National Team members and Olympic gold medalists Sue Bird (Seattle Storm), Sylvia Fowles (Chicago Sky) and Candace Parker (Los Angeles Sparks) will lead a USA squad in Russia in the four-team 2009 Ekaterinburg International Invitational. Also selected...

Checking in on USA Basketball; WNBA Finals

Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009

Aside from Storm F Swin Cash's BlackBerry crashing and new coach Geno Auriemma stating his former Connecticut players (read Cash and Sue Bird among the large group) aren't doing the best at the tryout/training, everything looks good at USA Basketball.

Today Minnesota Lynx and former UConn All-American...

UConn Women's Hoops Blog (Free subscription) | 09/29/2009

Today Minnesota Lynx and former UConn All-American PG Renee Montgomery was added to the USA Senior National Team training camp roster. She becomes the 7th current or former UConn player named to the roster which will be coached by UConn Head Coach Geno Auriemma. Montgomery's Minnesota Lynx Head Coach Jennifer Gillom was recently named an assistant coach for the USA Senior National Team along with DePaul...

• Renee Montogomery to be invited to Olympic tryouts - UCONN | Women's Basketball

Eleven WNBA Players Added to USA Women's National Team Training Camp Roster

WNBA.com (Free subscription) | 09/23/2009

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Sept. 22, 2009) -- Fourteen athletes who have been members of prior USA Basketball teams have accepted invitations to attend the 2009 USA Basketball Women's National Team's fall training camp as the U.S. begins preparations for the 2010 FIBA World Championship. <p> The 14 athletes will join the previously announced eight members of the 2009-12 USA Basketball Women's National...

McCoughtry Off to Camp for the USA

Pleasant Dreams - An Atlanta Dream Blog (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009

Angel McCoughtry has accepted an invitation to attend the 2009 USA Basketball Women's National Team fall training camp. The camp meets from September 30th to October 5th at American University in Washington, DC. A 12-member team will be assembled at some point in the future. Currently attending the camp: Alana Beard Swin Cash Tina Charles * Shameka Christon Candice Dupree Lindsey Harding Ebony Hoffman...

Some new names added to the USA...

Women's Hoops Blog (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009

Some new names added to the USA Basketball Training Camp Roster: Jayne Appel (Stanford / Pleasant Hill, Calif.); Alana Beard (Washington Mystics); Swin Cash (Seattle Storm); Tina Charles (Connecticut / Jamaica, N.Y.); Shameka Christon (New York Liberty); Candice Dupree (Chicago Sky); Lindsey Harding (Washington Mystics); Ebony Hoffman (Indiana Fever); Asjha Jones (Connecticut Sun); Crystal Langhorne...

Surprising almost nobody, the LJ-less Storm fell...

Women's Hoops Blog (Free subscription) | 09/21/2009

Surprising almost nobody, the LJ-less Storm fell hard to the Sparks in game three. The home team trailed badly early and never caught up: "How that game started on national television was just embarrassing," said Swin Cash. She wasn't talking about her own play, though; she was talking about the officiating, which produced a festival of fouls early on: Pee Wee Johnson ended up fouling out...