More women's hoops!
At the same time UCLA is moving forward with its coaching search, ex-coach Kathy Olivier might just be in the running for another job, at her alma mater, UNLV. Several women's basketball sources have told me Olivier, who accepted a position in the athletic department after resigning as coach, is very much in the mix for the UNLV job.
Also, UCLA senior Lindsey Pluimer was selected 20th overall by the Washington Mystics in Wednesday's WNBA draft. The official release is below:
UCLA senior forward Lindsey Pluimer (San Clemente, Calif./San Clemente HS) was selected by the Washington Mystics in the second round as the No. 20 overall pick in the 2008 WNBA Draft, held today in Tampa, Fla. Pluimer is the fourth UCLA player to be selected in the draft in the last three years, joining former teammates Noelle Quinn (No. 4 pick in 2007 by the Minnesota Lynx), Lisa Willis, No. 5 pick in 2006 by the Los Angeles Sparks), and Nikki Blue (No. 19 pick in 2006 by the Washington Mystics) in the league.
Pluimer finished her career as the No. 12 all-time scorer and No. 10 all-time rebounder in UCLA women’s basketball history with 1,556 points and 737 rebounds. She also finished ranked sixth in blocked shots with 93. She became one of just five Bruins ever to record at least 1,300 points, 650 rebounds and 75 blocked shots during her career and was the first Bruin in the NCAA era to earn starts in each game of her career (123 consecutive starts). During her senior season, Pluimer was selected to the All-Pac-10 first team and the CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District VIII first team and was also honored as the Pac-10 Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Pluimer will join her former teammate Blue in Washington. Pluimer and Blue helped lead UCLA to the 2006 Pac-10 Tournament Championship.
About Inside UCLA
This is Brian Dohn's sixth season covering UCLA after spending 4 1/2 years covering the Dodgers for the Daily News and other Los Angeles Newspaper Group papers. He graduated from Rutgers, where the first college football game was played in 1869. Sure, the Scarlet Knights suffered for a long time, but now RU is doing what Jerseyans always thought was possible. Winning at Rutgers also proves winning is possible everywhere else in the nation, so underachieving coaches better be careful. Now, if only men's hoops can turn it around.
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