NCAA Senior Watch: Week 8

PG

Ashley Houts	Georgia	#4 last week
Quenese Davis	San Diego State	#5 last week
Courtnay Pilypaitis	Vermont	#3 last week
Jordan Plummer	Drake	#2 last week
Tasha Harris	Boise State	NR last week

SG

Kalana Greene	Connecticut	#1 last week
Ashley Barlow	Notre Dame	#2 last week
May Kotsopoulos	Vermont	#5 last week
Bianca Thomas	Mississippi	NR last week
Brittainey Raven	Texas	#4 last week

SF

Alysha Clark	Middle Tennessee	#1 last week
Shanara Hollinquest	Chattanooga	#2 last week
Nyeshia Stevenson	Oklahoma	NR last week
Danielle McCray	Kansas	#3 last week
Amanda Thompson	Oklahoma	#4 last week

PF

Kelsey Griffin	Nebraska	#1 last week
Jenna Smith	Illinois	#2 last week
Siarre Evans	East Tennessee State	#3 last week
Gabriela Marginea	Drexel	#4 last week
Jacinta Monroe	Florida State	#5 last week

C

Tina Charles	Connecticut	#1 last week
Jayne Appel	Stanford	#2 last week
Keke Carrier	Auburn	#3 last week
Alyssa DeHaan	Michigan State	#4 last week
Angel Robinson	Georgia	#5 last week

Nearing the End...(SONICS)

Per the Seattle Times and other media outlets, the final chapter in the Sonics exit from Seattle is coming to a close.

The article states that the final lawsuit against the former Sonics organization (the lawsuit for which I am a named plaintiff) has been submitted to the court for settlement.

According to the article, should the judge accept the settlement, those season ticket holders who qualified will share a $1.6M settlement distribution. A certain number of ticket holders were excluded from the suit as it was determined that the equivalent seats in OKC sold for the same or less than the guaranteed Emerald Club pricing which was at the center of the suit. The key is that the judge ruled that the defendants violated the terms of the contract allowing Emerald Club pricing guaranteed for 2 additional seasons at the price paid for those tickets in the Sonics last year in Seattle. He then sent the case to a Seattle jury to determine damages. Only those ticket holders who were unable to realize a gain on the asset (OKC ticket buyers paid more for the tickets than the Seattle people would have paid) were included.

There is no true vindication for Seattle fans with regards to this settlement.

In spirit, the settlement indicates that even the NBA is not allowed to make false commitments to their customers in order to secure their business.

It does not address the poor way Seattle fans were treated. It does not address the many questions about the fairness of the relocation. It does not make me feel any better about losing my other basketball team.

It does prove that it is in the NBA's best interest to treat its fans with honesty when it takes their money. Unfortunately, in many respects that is a hollow "victory" purely based on business for something that is by far more emotional for any true fan.

In the end though, it does mean closure, at least for me. My period of grieving is over, I have moved on. Now my last stray thoughts on this issue can fade to join the emotions that have already faded at least for me.

NCAA Senior Watch: Week 7

PG

Taylor Lilly	Oregon	#2 last week
Jordann Plummer	Drake	#3 last week
Cortnay Pilypaitis	Vermont	#1 last week
Ashley Houts	Georgia	#4 last week
Quenese Davis	San Diego State	NR last week

SG

Kalana Greene	Connecticut	#1 last week
Ashley Barlow	Notre Dame	#2 last week
Alison Lacey	Iowa State	#4 last week
Brittainey Raven	Texas	#5 last week
May Kotsopoulos	Vermont	#3 last week

SF

Alysha Clark	Middle Tennessee	#1 last week
Shanara Hollinquest	Chattanooga	#3 last week
Danielle McCray	Kansas	#2 last week
Amanda Thompson	Oklahoma	#5 last week
Lacey Simpson	Illinois	NR last week

PF

Kelsey Griffin	Nebraska	#1 last week
Jenna Smith	Illinois	#2 last week
Siarre Evans	East Tennessee State	NR last week
Gabriela Marginea	Drexel	#4 last week
Jacinta Monroe	Florida State	#5 last week

C

Tina Charles	Connecticut	#2 last week
Jayne Appel	Stanford	#1 last week
Keke Carrier	Auburn	#3 last week
Alyssa DeHaan	Michigan State	#4 last week
Angel Robinson	Georgia	#5 last week

NCAA Senior Watch: Week 6

PG

Courtnay Pilypaitas (Vermont): NR last week

Taylor Lilly (Oregon): #3 last week

Jordann Plummer (Drake): #5 last week

Ashley Houts (Georgia): #1 last week

SG

Kalana Greene (Connecticut): #1 last week

Ashley Barlow (Notre Dame): #3 last week

May Kotsopoulos (Vermont): NR last week

Alison Lacey (Iowa State): #2 last week

Brittainey Raven (Texas): NR last week

SF

Alysha Clark (Middle Tennessee): #1 last week

Danielle McCray (Kansas): #2 last week

Shanara Holinquest (Chatanooga): #3 last week

Monica Wright (Virginia): NR last week

Amanada Thompson (Oklahoma): NR last week

PF

Kelsey Griffin (Nebraska): #1 last week

Jenna Smith (Illinois): #2 last week

Shanavia Dowdell (Louisiana Tech): NR last week

Gabriella Marginea (Drexel): NR last week

Jacinta Monroe (Florida State): #3 last week

C

Jayne Appel (Stanford): #2 last week

Tina Charles (Connecticut): #1 last week

Keke Carrier (Auburn): #3 last week

Alyssa DeHaan (Michigan State): #4 last week

Angel Robinson (Georgia): #5 last week

Swish Appeal on Wright

If you only read one basketball article this week, it had sure as heck better be this one.

Q may be new to covering the women's game but he has already established himself among the elite. I never tire of reading his work.