By Mel Greenberg
The Guru is in transit Wednesday to Knoxville across the afternoon hours to be on the scene for the 10th anniversary celebration and new inductions at the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame and in three days, the Guru himself will transition from current to past inductee.
Hard to believe it has been a year.
Virginia coach Debbie Ryan's delegation is expected to include past stars Dawn Staley, Kathy McConnell Miller, who will also be on the scene for her sister's honor -- former Penn State star Suzie McConnell-Serio, and Connecticut coach Geno Auriemma, a former assistant with the Cavaliers; New Atlantic Ten commissioner Bernadette McGlade will also be among the crowd, saluting Ryan as the outgoing women's director of the Atlantic Coast Conference, and saluting McConnell-Serio, who has finished her first year coaching Duquesne in the Atlantic Ten.
Trenton Regional Tickets on Sale
Just north of the Guru's home, 30 milies away in Trenton, N.J., on Tuesday, tickets went on sale for the 2009 NCAA Trenton regional that will send someone directly to St. Louis as part of the next Women's Final Four.
Here is the information that was emailed to Guru central earlier in the day and the Guru apologizes to his friends for missing the occasion but the, ahem, events of the weekend finally sapped the Guru's energy levels for a bit.
Ticket applications are now available for the Trenton Regional of the 2009 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship at the Sovereign Bank Arena.
All-session tickets are priced at $52.00 for adults and $47.00 for senior citizens. Group rates for youth groups are also available. The tickets are good for both games on Sunday, March 29 and the regional final on Tuesday, March 31. The general public can obtain the ticket application by stopping at the Sovereign Bank Arena box office or logging onto www.sovereignbankarena.com.
Rider, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference if which Rider is a member, and the Mercer County Sports and Entertainment Commission are co-sponsors.
Wishful Thinking
The Guru noticed his friends on the Rutgers message board doing a little wishful thinking with the news that top-recruit Elena Delle Donne went back to her Wilmington area home in Delaware two days after starting summer school.
While the Scarlet Knights crowd was trying to understand the NCAA transfer rule in case the star swing player was gone for good, it couldn't happen at all because of Big East regulations.
Because Villanova, also in the Big East, had been a finalist in the Delle Donne sweepstakes, the Guru put in an inquiry on the very topic in case the Wildcats could be a destination.
The Big East responded, saying: "Once the letter of intent is signed, student-athletes are not allowed to transfer within the conference."
Ok, the Guru, who will be staying at the Knoxville Marriott, will check in with the news of Wednesday after getting situated.
-- Mel
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