INDIANAPOLIS (USBWA) — In a change from the chaos of Top 10 women’s teams getting knocked off since the start of the season, national honorees for the week ending Sunday, Dec.10, came mostly out of the Basketball Hall of Fame Women’s Showcase at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., though two came out of notable upsets involving teams not ranked in the Associated Press poll.
And while the expansion of the Ann Meyers Drysdale National Player of the Week selections this season from one to five would seem to make the decision process easier, there were many more performances this week beyond that number worthy of consideration besides the two for the freshman and team citations.