University of Tennessee Athletics
Parker's 9th Week Leading Wade Watch
February 08, 2008 | Women's Basketball
Candace Parker, a junior for Tennessee, the nation???s *No. 2-ranked team, tops CSTV???s 2008 Wade Watch for the ninth consecutive week. Parker leads all players with eight first-place votes. Oklahoma junior center Courtney Paris remains at No. 2. She is followed by Stanford senior guard Candice Wiggins, up from No. 4 last week. LSU senior center Sylvia Fowles comes in at No. 4, up from No. 5, while Maryland senior center Crystal Langhorne rounds out the top five, up from No. 6.
This season marks CSTV.com???s first Wade Watch, a weekly prediction of who will win women???s college basketball's most prestigious individual honor, voted on by CSTV and CSTV.com basketball experts, coaches and national and regional college basketball reporters. CSTV???s Wade Watch is not a reflection of The State Farm Wade Trophy Player of the Year Award and The State Farm Wade Watch presented by the Women???s Basketball Coaches Association in conjunction with the Wade Coalition selection process.
The Wade Watch panel includes CSTV college basketball talent Greg Amsinger and Debbie Antonelli; CSTV.com women???s basketball editor Jeff Lippman; women???s columnists Lara Boyko and Jessica Garrison; Scottie Rodgers, CSTV Networks, Inc; Bill Ferrara, Central Michigan assistant coach; Melanie Halker, Princeton assistant coach; Mel Greenberg, Philadelphia Inquirer; and Armintie Price of the WNBA???s Chicago Sky.
For more information on the nation???s top college basketball players, and to view the entire Wade Watch list, visit: here.
The complete Wade Watch list is as follows:
1. Candace Parker, C/F/G, Jr., Tennessee
2. Courtney Paris, C, Jr., Oklahoma
3. Candice Wiggins, G, Sr., Stanford
4. Sylvia Fowles, C, Sr., LSU
5. Crystal Langhorne, C, Sr. Maryland
6. Maya Moore, G/F, Fr., Connecticut
7. Angel McCoughtry, F, Jr., Louisville
8. Kristi Toliver, PG, Jr., Maryland
* AP Poll as of 2/4
