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Nebraska women’s basketball Coach Connie Yori earned her first Big 12 Conference Coach-of-the-Year honor, and senior forward Kelsey Griffin became the first Cornhusker to be named Big 12 Player-of-the-Year. Yvonne Turner was voted the Big 12’s Co-Defensive Player of the Year with Baylor’s Brittney Griner. Griffin, Turner, and Cory Montgomery earned first team honors. Dominque Kelly picked up honorable mention honors and Lindsey Moore named to the all-Freshmen team.

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NU on top and bottom of Big 12 brackets

by Bill Pollock 03/8/10 8:42 AM

Regular season champion Huskers
The 3rd ranked Nebraska women’s basketball team already had the top seed of the Big 12 tournament wrapped up before capping off their perfect 29-0 regular season with a win over Kansas State, 82-72 on Saturday. The women begin their tournament run on Friday at 11 a.m. The Huskers will play the [...]

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MIAA champion Mavericks head to D-II Men’s Tourney

by Bill Pollock 03/8/10 8:07 AM

The Mavericks will open the first round of the NCAA South Central Region tournament Saturday as the No. 5 seed against No. 4 Tarleton State in Wichita Falls, Texas. The winner will play either Midwestern State, the host and top seed in the tournament, or Incarnate Word, the No. 8 seed on Sunday. The region [...]

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Wayne State headed to Women’s D-II Nat’l Tourney

by Bill Pollock 03/8/10 7:59 AM

The Wayne State women’s basketball team punched their ticket to the NCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Tournament Sunday afternoon with a 77-67 win over Minnesota Duluth in the NSIC Tournament Championship game in St. Paul, Minnesota. It’s the second NSIC Tournament title for the Wildcats with the other coming in the 2006-07 season.

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Griffin rallies NU past K-State for perfect season

by Bill Pollock 03/6/10 5:00 PM

Kelsey Griffin scored a career high 36 points, including 20 in the second half to lead No. 3 Nebraska back from a seven point halftime deficit for an 82-72 win over Kansas State to cap off a perfect 29-0 regular season.

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