Posts by Michelle Smith
Michelle Smith has covered women's basketball nationally for nearly three decades. Smith has worked for ESPN.com, The Athletic, the San Francisco Chronicle, as well as Pac-12.com and WNBA.com. She was named to the Alameda County Women's Hall of Fame in 2015, is the 2017 recipient of the Jake Wade Media Award from the Collegiate Sports Information Directors Association (CoSIDA) and was named the Mel Greenberg Media Award winner by the WBCA in 2019.
From the transfer portal to the NCAA Championship Game in one year
Leger-Walker, von Oelhoffen’s jumps to the portal a painful reality
Huskies “miracle team” will face Iowa in national semis
Gottlieb faces off against Auriemma more than two decades after she attended his camp as a high school player
Court will be ready for UConn-USC Elite Eight matchup
USC is more than – and has always been more than Watkins in the same way that UConn has been more this season than Paige Bueckers. But it’s hard to quibble with the excitement, interest and ratings that it builds.
The Huskies bent under the weight of intense defensive pressure, foul trouble and their relentless lack of depth – but they did not break. And their reward is a 28th trip to the regional finals.
Plus, Lindsay Gottlieb and Nicki Collen discuss their experience coaching in the pros
Wolfpack reach Elite Eight behind Aziaha James’ 25-point second half
Jones spent three seasons at Oregon State, so returning to the state this week was ‘kind of weird’
