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Parker named finalist for Wooden Award

Staff and wire reports
Originally published 02:05 p.m., March 10, 2008
Updated 02:05 p.m., March 10, 2008

Candace Parker of the Tennessee Lady Vols is one of 17 finalists for the Women’s John R. Wooden Award.

The 6-foot-4 Parker is averaging 21.3 points and 8.4 rebounds. She led the Lady Vols to the SEC tournament championship Sunday with a 61-55 victory over LSU and was named tournament MVP.

The other finalists are Natalie Doma of Idaho State, Sylvia Fowles of LSU, Amber Holt of Middle Tennessee State, Tasha Humphrey of Georgia, Crystal Kelly of Western Kentucky, Crystal Langhorne of Maryland, Erlana Larkins of North Carolina, Angel McCoughtry of Louisville, Maya Moore of Connecticut, Courtney Paris of Oklahoma, Epiphanny Prince of Rutgers, Andrea Riley of Oklahoma State, Angela Tisdale of Baylor, Kristi Toliver of Maryland and Candice Wiggins of Stanford.

Connecticut, North Carolina, and Tennessee remained the top three teams in the Top 25, with conference tournament losses shuffling the rest of the poll.

UConn was the top choice in The Associated Press poll for the fourth straight week, totaling 49 of the 50 first-place votes. North Carolina received the other first-place ballot. The Tar Heels and Lady Vols remained second and third.

The Huskies had a busy week, beating then-No. 4 Rutgers last Monday to win the Big East regular-season title. UConn advanced to the conference tournament semifinals with a victory over DePaul on Sunday. The Huskies face Pittsburgh on Monday night.

North Carolina ran through the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament to win its fourth straight title Sunday. The Tar Heels finished the regular season with only two losses — Tennessee and Connecticut. On Sunday, the Lady Vols defeated LSU in the Southeastern Conference tournament championship game for their 13th crown.

Stanford moved up two spots to fourth and will face No. 8 California in the Pac-10 title game Monday night.

Maryland remained fifth after losing to Duke in the ACC semifinals. LSU moved up one spot to sixth and Rutgers dropped three places to seventh after falling in the Big East quarterfinals to Louisville. Baylor fell to ninth and Duke moved into 10th.

Texas A&M made the biggest move in the poll to No. 11, after defeating Oklahoma. The Aggies were No. 17 last week. The Big 12 tournament begins this week.

Utah moved up three spots to 12th. The Utes were followed by Oklahoma, Old Dominion and Kansas State.

West Virginia fell two places to 16th. Notre Dame had the biggest drop in the poll, falling eight spots to No. 17. The Irish lost to St. John’s last Monday, then lost to Pitt in the Big East tournament.

Oklahoma State was No. 18, followed by George Washington and Vanderbilt. The Colonials dropped six places after losing to Xavier in the Atlantic-10 semifinals.

Marist, UTEP, Louisville, Virginia and Ohio State round out the Top 25. Louisville re-entered the rankings for the first time since the second poll of the season. The Cardinals upset Rutgers in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament.

Georgia was the only team to drop out.

       9 Comments

Posted by thegoat0248 on March 10, 2008 at 2:13 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Hope she doesn't get robbed out of this award!!!

Posted by HotlantaVol on March 10, 2008 at 3:05 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Is it just me or did the article do a massive subject change midstream? Start by discussing Parker's Wooden award status and then, without warning, we are discussing this week's poll. My wife does that verbal three-card monty to me as well. It's annoying. At least they didn't change sports on me.

Posted by gravegr on March 10, 2008 at 4:47 p.m. (Suggest removal)

i hope the s.e.c. coaches dont get to vote . they thought fowels was better than parker except coach summet.

Posted by billnewton on March 10, 2008 at 5:17 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Candace played like a Wooden award winner in the SEC tourney. No question now who it should be. I think the Freshman from UConn, Mya what's her name, should be # 2. She's better than Fowles.

Posted by bsvolfan on March 10, 2008 at 9:18 p.m. (Suggest removal)

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Posted by richvol on March 10, 2008 at 11 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Candace played like a champion. Where the heck was Hornbuckle?

Posted by LUVLADYVOLS on March 11, 2008 at 10:41 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Way to go CP3 and show the coaches they made a bad decision on SEC player of the year. Fowels is a good player but not an all around player take her out of the paint and she is done. Thanks go to all the players for really stepping up in the tournment. Keep it up for the national championship.

Posted by bmaples on March 11, 2008 at 5:20 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Here's the deal: Tell me one other player listed that can LEGITIMATELY play all five positions.

'Nuff said. CP is All-Everything. She deserves the award.

Posted by adimatteo on March 12, 2008 at 2:26 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Go Candace, you deserve it, you've given all of us Vols and alumni great memories, great highlights and excitement.
Play like you all did against LSU, no one can ask for more, its been a great run, thanks for allyour effort, we will all miss you.
Youve made us all proud on and off the court.

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