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The
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Helen
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She
Did It, She Did It |
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Or rather somebody did it. Any team
would have been wonderful in the draft,
but to have Houston Comets trade Lindsay
to Phoenix Mercury of Arizona, how
wonderful can it be.
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That
is every girls dream to be able to play
near home. She is walking on a
cloud, and so are her family and friends.
With Diana Taurasi there from Connecticut
with all her fans and Kayte Christensen
and all her fans and now Lindsay. The
airlines and the cars will be busy with
people going to the games. I know I will.
Lindsay is working out hard already and we
know how hard she will be working in the
future. The girls are amazing to me.
When Kayte Christensen was drafted I loved
her diary and her new experiences, she is
such an amazing young women. Lindsay
talked to her before the draft and Katy
helped her so, Cori Close and Coach French
have been such friends and have been right
there for her. Thank you all and everyone
else that have helped her in her pursuits.
I am sure she will try to make you all
proud of her. It is important we build up
the fan base for the WNBA, it gives the
girls a place to play when they finish
College. I was reading how much the fan
bas has grown already this year. Diana
Taurasi will bring a lot of fans to help
the fan base. What a thrill for Lindsay to
be on the same team with her. Now I can
hardly wait for the games to start in May.
I sure hope Tiny Ron keeps up the Web page
for Lindsay. I know it is a lot of
work but he is a wonderful uncle to her.
I will be glad
when Lindsay is back in town and I can ask
her some more question. It is hard
to believe she will be leaving already
this week for Arizona.
I had better send
this to Ron and start getting ready for
the Awards Banquet.
Go Lindsay, go
Kayte and go Taurasi and Mercurys. |
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UCSB Gauchos Women's Basketball Schedule
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Bill
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2003-2004
Season
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10-19-03
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Okay,
so let’s all take a deep breath.
The beginning of the women’s
basketball season is near.
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Practice
has officially started for the players and
coaches.
Expectations are running
extraordinarily high for this team which
returns four starters, last year’s “sixth
man”, a defensive specialist, two Division I
and a junior college transfer, two freshman
and a track star turning her dedication to
basketball.
Combined with the fact that this is the
last year for “Lindsay Taylor at UCSB”
fans; the last year of what seems like a long
journey that has gone by in a wink of an eye. More...
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Photo by Tony Mastres |
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shooting over Purdue. Photo by
Bob Magruder. Click to
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Santa Barbara
News-Press
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LaToya Turner of Ohio St. has her
hands up against Lindsay.
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Dave
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2003-2004
SEASON |
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BIG
WEST CONFERENCE 15 - 1 |
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Big
West Tournament 2 - 0 |
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NCAA
Tournament 2 - 1 |
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USA
Today/ESPN/WBCA Top-25 |
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A
final 19th Ranking in Nation |
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Do You Believe,
Drafted 26th by Houston, Then Traded to Phoenix
Mercury. Way to Go Lindsay. |
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Season
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NCAA Sweet
Sixteen in Hartford, Connecticut |
| UCSB
Gauchos |
55 |
| Connecticut
Huskies |
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Lindsay
Taylor 5 pts, 7 rebs, 1 blk
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NCAA
Second Round in Santa Barbara |
| UCSB
Gauchos |
56 |
| Houston
Cougars |
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Lindsay
Taylor 20 pts, 10 rebs, 1 blk
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NCAA First
Round in Santa Barbara |
| UCSB
Gauchos |
76 |
| Colorado
Buffalos |
49 |
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Lindsay
Taylor 9 pts, 6 rebs, 0 blk
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Taylor
Can Be Proud |
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The Gauchos have contributed
to the long tradition of showing dignity to the last
second of a game. All we can do is look at this year as
a sign of what is to come for all players in their endeavors
to accomplish more than they had done before. Lindsay
Taylor is still growing as a person and as a player. |
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I had to add this picture
of Lindsay in her early days. It is such a cute
picture. Her Dad Bill sent it to me. Click to
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We gave UConn a
run for their money. We have shown the nation we could
have easily killed all those little huskies, but some of
our Gaucho barrels unfortunately misfired and it was
nobody's fault. Anyway, back to sowing, the final suit from the
"Gaucho Gucci
Year" looks outstanding, I think the ragged fringe around
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John
R. Wooden Award |
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Taylor is on the nation's pre-season top 30 players'
list. This is Lindsay with Wooden at his home at the
start of last season. Click
on pic. |
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Photo by
Cori Close |
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Mike Eliason/News-Press |
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blocking Houston from the Sweet Sixteen. Bring on April. |
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News-Press
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| Lindsay
going around Tera Bjorklund. |
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Click on
picture to enlarge. |
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Big
West Tournament Champions |
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AP Photo/Chris
Carlson |
| Lindsay holds
the BWT trophy above everyone. |
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Lindsay Taylor is now all time
leading scorer in women's Gaucho basketball history.
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Mike Eliason/News-Press
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Photo by Tony Mastres |
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Photo by Tony Mastres |
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David Roberts/For
the News-Press |
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ready as Lindsay scrambles for ball against Diana
Taurasi of UConn. |
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Long Fought
Road |
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Lindsay
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All-Time
Leading Scorer and Blocked Shots in Gaucho History |
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MVP
Big West All-Tournament Team |
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First
Team All-Big West |
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The
Season
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| Basketball
Travelers (Ex.) 71 |
| UCSB
87 W
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| San
Diego 44
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| UCSB 82
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WNIT
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41 L WNIT |
| Texas
Tech 68
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| WNIT
Champions Texas
Tech |
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| UCSB 71
OT W |
| Cincinnati 70
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| Mississippi
State 62 |
| UCSB 69
W |
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| Long
Beach State 67 |
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UCSB 78 W |
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| UCSB 72 W |
| CS Northridge
71 |
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| UCSB 88 W |
| UC Riverside
67 |
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| UCSB 67 W |
| CS Fullerton
48 |
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| CS
Northridge 48 |
| UCSB
64 W |
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| UC
Riverside 52 |
| UCSB
78
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| CS
Fullerton 38 |
| UCSB
75 W |
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| UCSB
66 W |
| Long
Beach St. 49 |
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Beach St. 56 |
| UCSB
74 W BWT
Semi-finals |
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| Idaho
51 |
| UCSB
68 W BWT
Championship |
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| UCSB 76 W
NCAA First Round |
| Colorado 49 |
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| UCSB 56 W
NCAA Second Round |
| Houston 52 |
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NCAA Sweet Sixteen |
| Connecticut
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Photo by Tony Mastres |
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| Vanessa
Hayden trying to shoot over Lindsay in the Florida
game. |
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Photo by Matt Brown |
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Photo by Matt Brown |
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Ranking
for 2003-2004 season.
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AP poll #21 |
| 12-22-03
ESPN/USA Today #23 |
| 12-15-03
AP Poll #20 |
| 12-03-03
AP Poll #15 |
| 11-18-03
AP poll #16 |
| 11-06-03
AP poll #17 |
| 11-06-03
ESPN/USA Today #18 |
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Click
on picture to see Mia "Slide and
Glide" Fisher big time. |
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photo/Frank Bott |
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Photo by Tony Mastres |
| Kristen
Mann WNIT All- Tournament Team |
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Photo by Matt Brown |
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Lindsay
above the Utah St. crowd. |
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Dave
King / News-Press Photo |
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Photo by Tony Mastres |
| Lindsay looking
for an assist. |
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Lindsay's
Phone Diary |
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Sunday,
7-27-03 @ 9:30 PM EST
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It
has been a week since I had heard from Lindsay
by phone.
Granted she was in Cuba, a place not known to
have abundant
communication with the outside world.
More...
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Seeking
Pan Am Gold |
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Article
on Lindsay |
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Click on USA Basketball to get full reports
on the games.
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Gold
Medal Finals |
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Taylor Brings
Home The Silver Medal
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Lindsay Taylor now has some good
experience in International Basketball.
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usa basketball
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She was part of
something that a lot of basketball players would love to have
had a shot at in their own careers. The 2003-2004 Gaucho season
will hold many great moments I bet.
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Tiny Ron
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Now, Lindsay and Kristen can go
for the NCAA title.
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Round
Robin First Round |
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| USA 109
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| Dominican
Republic 54 |
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Semifinals
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Finals
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| USA 64
L Silver Medal
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| Cuba 75 Gold
Medal
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Kristen
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FIBA
World Champions USA
Young Women Win
Gold Medal
USA |
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Photo by
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