Women's College Basketball

Mike Krzyzewski and Geno Auriemma, who guided their squads to gold medals at the London Olympics, were named co-winners on Wednesday of the USA Basketball Coach of the Year award.

Extending their Olympic dynasty run to a fifth gold medal in a row, the United States women's basketball team overpowered France 86-50 in Saturday's championship final.

Candace Parker scored a game-high 21 points and the United States won their fifth Olympic women's basketball gold medal in a row by overpowering France 86-50 in Saturday's championship game.

Australia and the United States, opponents in the past three Olympic women's basketball finals, will meet in a semi-final showdown after impressive triumphs on Tuesday.

Music legend Bob Dylan and Nobel-winning writer Toni Morrison lead a list of 13 people who will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest US civilian honor, the White House said Thursday.

President Barack Obama will award pioneering women's basketball coach Pat Summitt with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian honor, the White House said Thursday.

Pat Summitt, who last year was diagnosed with early-onset dementia, has stepped down as head coach of the University of Tennessee Lady Vols basketball team.

USA Basketball Friday named the first 11 members of the 12-woman squad that will seek a fifth straight Olympic gold at the London Games, a group that includes a trio of two-time Olympic champions.

(Reuters) - The heavily-favored U.S. Olympic women's basketball team will have a lethal mix of talent, experience and youth, according to the list of 21 players competing for selection to the London Games, USA Basketball said on Monday.

A pool of 21 players, nine of them Olympic gold medalists and most from the Women's NBA, were named by USA Basketball on Monday as finalists for spots on the 2012 London Olympic roster.

She wears a green and white uniform, is a major presence at the defensive end of the court, and is a preseason Division 3 All-American.

Boston University's bombs-away approach nearly turned last night's women's basketball game against Northeastern into a rout. But after leading by as many as 16 points late in the contest, the Terriers had to rely on their inside power and free throw shooting for a 75-65 victory.

OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - More than 6,000 mourners gathered on Monday in Oklahoma to remember the head coach of the Oklahoma State University women's basketball team and three others who were killed last week in an Arkansas plane crash.

OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Oklahoma State University women's basketball coach Kurt Budke and assistant coach Miranda Serna died when a plane carrying them on a recruiting trip crashed in Arkansas, the university said on Friday.

Oklahoma State University women's basketball coach Kurt Budke and assistant coach Miranda Serna were among four people killed in a plane crash, the university announced on Friday.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark (Reuters) - Oklahoma State University's women's basketball coach Kurt Budke and assistant coach Miranda Serna died Thursday night in a plane crash in Arkansas, the university said in a statement on its website on Friday.

(Reuters) - Oklahoma State University's women's basketball coach Kurt Budke and assistant coach Miranda Serna died Thursday night in a plane crash in Arkansas, the university said in a statement on its website on Friday.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Pat Summitt, women's basketball coach at the University of Tennessee and the all-time winningest coach in U.S. college basketball history, said on Tuesday that she was diagnosed with dementia but will continue coaching.

UConn aims for NCAA title goal after Stanford snaps record 90-game winning streak. Coach Geno Auriemma always preached that championships are what his Connecticut Huskies chase, not streaks.

UConn aims for NCAA title goal after Stanford snaps record 90-game winning streak. Coach Geno Auriemma always preached that championships are what his Connecticut Huskies chase, not streaks.