Mel Greenberg covered college and professional women’s basketball for the Philadelphia Inquirer, where he worked for 40 plus years. Greenberg pioneered national coverage of the game, including the original Top 25 women's college poll. His knowledge has earned him nicknames such as "The Guru" and "The Godfather," as well as induction into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007.
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By Mel Greenberg @womhoopsguru As the countdown of magic number time continues to decide which two of the new four-team UPSHOT League will be in the title game on Aug. 29 in Jacksonville, serving as the host city, the team Jacksonville has shown some vulnerability after being mostly invincible over the season. Since our last report, the Wave (21-7) is still in first but the Charlotte Crown…
By Mel Greenberg @womhoopsguru NEW YORK — When the New York Liberty beat the defending WNBA champion Ls Vegas Aces at the end of June for the Commissioner’s Cup title, their second win in two weeks, it was huge because it helped turned things around for a team that had plunged from playoff champion contender to scuffling in the 7 th -8 th standings spot, the border positions that are the…
By Mel Greenberg @womhoopsgurux After playing some catch-up in the previous post involving WNBA results reaching back to Wednesday’s two narrow outcomes and noting they could become pleasant or unpleasant memories if one game decides each team’s fate in the final standings, it all became a quick wash off of Saturday’s two outcomes that were also one possession differentials. Defending champion Las…
By Mel Greenberg @womhoopsgurux Wrapping up the last three days front to back in the WNBA and then heading into the weekend we begin with Friday night’s three-game package where third-year pro Caitin Clark had her fourth career triple double scoring 26 points, grabbing 10 rebounds, and dealing 10 assists on tbe road as Indiana (19-10) won 112-98 in a high-scoring game at expansion Portland (11-18)…
By Bob Heller and Mel Greenberg @womhoopsgurux PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. – Befitting the rivalry the two teams are in the winter in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference, 1-seed Aquatic /D2-Holy Family and 2-seed BlackStar/D2-Jefferson turned in the all-time championship game performance in the Philadelphia/Suburban Women’s Basketball Summer League Wednesday night at Plymouth Whitemarsh High.…
Guru’s Note: The WNBA Roundup is below this post. By Bob Heller and Mel Greenberg @womhoopsguru PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. – Following an eight-game schedule and three rounds of playoffs in the nine-team Philadelphia/Suburban Women’s Basketball Summer League that began June 16 in its new home at Plymouth Whitemarsh High, it comes down to 1-Aquatic/D2-Holy Family (10-0) vs. 2-BlackStar/D2-Jefferson…
By Mel Greenberg @womhoopsgurux The WNBA remainder of the regular season and start of the stretch drive to the playoffs after the All-Star break got underway Tuesday night with a five-game package, the favorites winning each game but all being their own adventure in terms of the differentials. First-place Minnesota (23-6) picked up where the the Lynx left off, returning to a win streak growing to…
By Mel Greenberg @womhoopsgurux NEW YORK – With much going Monday night and the WNBA about to launch the stretch drive to the playoffs with the successful All-Star game in the rear-view mirror, wrapping last week’s UPSHOT League action, Rutgers winning a tournament in Peru, meant doing a multi-report. We begin here in the broadcast center of CBS where the 50 th anniversary of the Collegiate Women…
By BobHeller and Mel Greenberg @womhoopsgurux PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. — Will it be a 1 vs. 2 final Wednesday night between a potential unbeaten Aquatic/Holy Family team and BlackStar/Jefferson, losing only to their winter rival in the Philadelphia/Suburban Women’s Basketball Summer League? Or will the leader in the 15-team league fall short, suffering an upset from five-seed Electric…
Lots of WNBA news in post below here plus UPSHOT announces title format By Andrew Robinson and Mel Greenberg @womhoopsgurux PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa. – Poised to become chalk night in the quarterfinals of the Philadelphia/Suburban Women’s Basketball Summer League Wednesday night at Plymouth Whitemarsh High, the top three seeds all producing relatively easy victories, 4-seed Electric Pink, the combo…