Chiney is espnW Player of the Week

espnW has started a new feature — the women's basketball national player of the week award. Mechelle Voepel reports that it wasn't very hard to pick the inaugural recipient. Read more...

The Cardinal got more national attention in Graham Hays' weekly wrap:

Stanford is the stock of the moment, and for good reason.

No Nneka Ogwumike? No problem. Behind another command performance from Chiney Ogwumike and the type of supporting efforts from players such as Taylor Greenfield and Mikaela Ruef that largely erase the question marks about Stanford before anyone has even brined their Thanksgiving turkey, the Cardinal made a case for New Orleans from Honolulu. By all means, buy Stanford for No. 2 or even No. 1.

And the icing on the cake: Stanford moved up to #1 in the AP women's basketball poll, just edging out UConn and dropping Baylor to #3. Read more...

Commentary by Clay Kallum (Full Court Press): So which is the better team, Stanford or Baylor?