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March Madness & Women Talk Sports Bracket Challenge!

March 15 - April 6, 2010

Stanford vs UConn

ESPN Schedule (Check your local listings)

If you filled out a bracket for the WomenTalkSports group for the Bracket Challenge keep checking on NCAA.com to see how you're stacking up against the competition!

It's GIVEAWAY TIME! As promised, we will be giving away random prizes every week of the tournament. Check back here for details each week!

Week 1 Winners:

"dori" from our WTS Bracket Challenge- please contact Megan to accept your prize!
"Stanford R" from our WTS Bracket Challenge
"Ken" from our WTS Bracket Challenge
@Akronlund

Week 2 Winners:

@CoachMK21 (please DM us with your addeess!)
@ACCBiggz (a bracket challenge contestant as well)

Stay tuned for details on our next giveaway - we might be able to do ONE more giveaway on the day of the final, UConn vs Stanford!!

To enter the giveaway you must do ONE of the following:

Post a comment on the wall for this page (in the right sidebar) telling us who your pick is to win the NCAA Women's Tournament. Posting a comment on the wall requires signing up for a Women Talk Sports account. Please make sure your email address is valid so we are able to contact you if you win.
Follow @womentalksports on Twitter AND CLICK HERE to send the tweet that enters you in our contest, making sure to replace "TEAM NAME" with your pick to win the NCAA Tournament. PLEASE NOTE: You can only make that change to the tweet - the rest of the tweet must remain the same in order to be eligible to win.
Become a fan of Women Talk Sports on Facebook and post a comment on our wall telling us who your pick is to win the NCAA Women's Tournament.
Be entered in our Bracket Challenge! It's too late to enter the WTS March Madness Bracket Challenge now, but if you're already entered, you will get DOUBLE the chances to win one of our giveaways each week. Make sure to check back on this page on Saturday morning to see who won - if it's you, you need to let us know!

Winners will be randomly drawn from the pool of entrants and contacted the next day via Twitter direct message, Facebook or email, depending on how you entered. We will also announce the winners on this page. Only residents of the U.S. and Canada are eligible to win. Please no P.O. boxes.

Good luck to all!

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Posts about March Madness & Women Talk Sports Bracket Challenge!:

PASE Values for NCAA Tournament Coaches, 2006-10
posted on April 8, 2010 at 1:31am

More writing about PASE, or "performance above seed expectations". PASE is a number that indicates how many wins a coach in the NCAA tournament should perform above or below the expected number, given the manner in which the coach's team was seeded in th...more

Mailbag: Shilling for Storm, not Stanford-UConn
posted on April 8, 2010 at 1:23am

Perhaps you've heard of the saying, "If you have nothing nice to say, say nothing at all." Well, in regards to my covering my assigned beats (Washington and Storm) to the chagrin of some vocal folks on this site and via e-mail who wanted me to write about...more

History For UConn, Moral Victory For Stanford
posted on April 7, 2010 at 2:52pm

I have to admit that I half-forgot this game was happening and spent most of it in the library reading Bliss Broyard's memoir One Drop (not the most compellingly-written book for stretches, but interesting in its content). I stopped by Tressider in time...more

UConn: Airport welcome and rally planned for champions
posted on April 7, 2010 at 12:58pm

When UConn returns to the Hartford-area, there will be a short event for the team. The team is set to arrive at Bradley International Airport at approximately 3:30 p.m. ET. The event will include remarks from UConn head coach Geno Auriemma and the tea...more

There is No Joy in Maples...
posted on April 7, 2010 at 12:52pm

Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright,The Stanford band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light,And somewhere men are laughing, and little children shout;But there is no joy in Maples-- mighty Cardinal have struck out�...more

2010 Women’s Final Four All-Tournament Team
posted on April 7, 2010 at 1:27am

Most Outstanding Player: Maya Moore, Connecticut Other team members: Tina Charles, Connecticut Nnemkadi Ogwumike, Stanford Kayla Pedersen, Stanford Danielle Robinson, Oklahoma ...more

UConn champs again, 78 straight wins and another title
posted on April 7, 2010 at 1:26am

...more

And the streak rolls on...
posted on April 7, 2010 at 1:22am

Ronald Martinez - Getty Images SAN ANTONIO - APRIL 06: Forward Maya Moore #23 of the Connecticut Huskies reacts after a play against the Stanford Cardinal during the NCAA Women's Final Four Championship game at the Alamodome on April 6, 2010 in San A...more

NCAA Championship Notes: Moore is Good Even as a PG & Greene's WNBA Draft Prospects
posted on April 7, 2010 at 1:15am

Ronald Martinez - Getty Images SAN ANTONIO - APRIL 04: Forward Maya Moore #23 of the Connecticut Huskies looks to pass the ball against Shanay Washington #15 of the Baylor Bears during the Women's Final Four Semifinals at the Alamodome on April 4, 201...more

What does “female” leadership look like? Just watch UConn.
posted on April 6, 2010 at 6:31pm

By Laura Pappano It’s time to think beyond the court. Sure, there’s a lot of back-and-forth about whether UConn’s dominance – winning streak of 77 and beating opponents by double-digit margins – is bad or good for women’s college basketball....more

Greetings From San Antonio!
posted on April 6, 2010 at 6:30pm

First, I apologize for being MIA for awhile. Kathy’s mom died on March 22 and we’ve been in California taking care of her affairs. It was not expected so we are also dealing with the shock of it. We’ve now both lost our moms this year. Hug your mo...more

Hays: Does UConn need more than Moore, Charles?
(External Source)

Hays: Injuries can't slow Appel's personality
(External Source)

Inevitability Or Upset?
(External Source)

UConn and Stanford meet again
posted on April 6, 2010 at 10:30am

The last time UConn and Stanford met, the Pac-10 champs were on a 9-0 win streak heading into the XL Center in Hartford. However, the Huskies handed the Cardinal their one and only loss of the season in front of a sellout crowd of 16,294. UConn, on ...more

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