And now Tara VanDerveer of Stanford joins them. There were no coaching trees in women’s basketball as she came up, no camps and clinics and mentors. It was an act of generosity that resulted in the birth of the WNBA, while costing her and her Stanford program its momentum. Over the years since, VanDerveer has fashioned a program that rivals U-Conn. and Tennessee for its own kind of powerful chic. And I want to be up for that.”Azzi didn’t expect VanDerveer would do much in the way of celebrating the achievement.

Source: Washington Post February 04, 2017 04:31 UTC