Tuesday Links: UConn Beats Stanford, Oklahoma State's Memorial, and Other News

We already have some insight from UConn's 68-58 win over Stanford from an East Coast and West Coast perspective, so a few more links on that and then onto other things.

• Carl Adamec of the Journal Inquirer takes a closer look at UConn's defensive effort against Stanford last night that forced all those turnovers. He highlights that while this might not be the best ever UConn team, they won't lose for lack of effort this season. Read more >>>
• Tom Fitzgerald of the San Francisco Chronicle looks at the receiving end of that defensive effort and writes that Stanford's performance last night showed that they are "not ready for primetime". He also says that they won't have to play a team that "athletic and well-drilled" until the post-season. Might Lady Vols fans disagree? Read more >>>
• Nate Billings of Alternate Crop - The Oklahoman's photography blog - shares a moving gallery of images from Oklahoma State's memorial service for coaches Kurt Budke and Miranda Serna. Among those photos is a picture of Texas A&M coach Gary Blair signing a banner at the event. Read more >>>

• Jimmie Trammel of the Tulsa World characterized the memorial service as an opportunity for the Oklahoma State family to "love Budke back". He takes stock of who was in attendance and notes that it "could have been mistaken for a Big 12 coaches' convention." OSU will resume play on Saturday. Read more >>>
• Jason Groves of the Las Cruces Sun-News recaps New Mexico State's loss to Arizona last night at the Pan American Center, dropping the Aggies to 1-3 on the season. Davellyn Whyte had a solid performance with 20 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists. Read more >>>
• Kyle Munzenrieder of the Miami New Times News put together a really nice piece on Miami's Shenise Johnson and her role in helping to build this Hurricanes program. A nice quote: "Pressure comes when you're not prepared." Read more >>>
• Chris Abshire of the New Orleans Times-Picayune takes a look at an impressive performance from LSU senior LaSondra Barrett, who had a solid performance with 14 points on 5-for-6 shooting. The Lady Tigers leveraged 33 turnovers from Arkansas Pine-Bluff to get a resounding 80-28 win after a disappointing weekend loss. Read more >>>
• Fast Model Sports is still doing their thing, most recently posting a look at Maryland's 2 Magic High play. Read more >>>