Talk:Old Dominion Monarchs women's basketball

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Collaborator needed[edit]

I met with a librarian at ODU recently. She did a search for photos related to ODU basketball. That list is here. (Caution, these photos are not yet properly licensed for our use.)

I would like to collaborate with someone to improve the article to cover some of the rich history of this team. I will reach out to see if we can get some of the photos released with a suitable license, but I do not want to ask for that, unless we can commit to using them. I'm pinging User:Treydavis3 who contributed the most to this page, but anyone else is more than welcome to chime in.--S Philbrick (Talk) 13:20, 2 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Significance and dominance of ODU women's basketball in early years[edit]

This article does not mention the significance and dominance of ODU women's basketball, which contributed to the initial rise in popularity of women's intercollegiate basketball. The Monarchs' first star player, Anne Donovan, is not even detailed. In the early days of organized women's intercollegiate basketball in the 1970s, under the auspices of the AIAW, ODU won two national championships in dominating fashion. Prior to this, the power in women's basketball was held among several rather small colleges that had established a niche (Immaculata, Delta State, West Chester, Cheyney State, Wayland Baptist, Stephen F. Austin, etc.). ODU, UCLA, and Tennessee, among others, led the rise to prominence of large schools with national reputations to the top level of women's basketball before the NCAA caught on and muscled out the AIAW. There is indeed a rich history. Jeff in CA (talk) 23:31, 3 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]