We're Bored.

The college season's been over for nearly a month. The excitement of the WNBA draft has faded into a distant memory. The WNBA training camps are underway, but some players are still overseas and information about the rest only trickles out a little here and a little there. Not a heck of a lot to keep a couple of bloggers busy. So if this post sounds perhaps a little disinterested, well, we apologize. Until some real basketball begins again we're kinda in a perpetual TGIF state of mind.

Anyway, here's all the news that's fit to post:

Katie Carrera of the Washington Post has a feature this morning on a Mystics' draftee named Krystal (not the one who spells her name with a "C"). Fans who've seen Krystal Vaughn play have been raving to us about her. From Carrera's article, it seems that the coaches are equally high on this 3rd rounder. You can find the article here.

Meanwhile, if you ever wondered what WNBA owners do during the off-season, Rick Warner of Bloomberg.com has a very interesting feature about how Dr. J has been "fiddlin' away" her time. She's been involved in some pretty exciting and very worthwhile ventures. Read more here.

And in a different business publication, Women Bisnow, Karin Tanabe has a feature on another woman who has achieved great success in her career and really knows how to "deliver," Brenda Frese. Not much new in this article, but we enjoyed reading it anyway. You can find it here.

The only other news out of Maryland is that the match-ups for the second annual ACC-Big Ten Challenge have been announced. The Terps will play the Purdue Boilermakers in West Lafayette, Indiana on Thursday, December 4th, in what should be the premiere match-up of the inter-conference competition. As you may recall, in the inaugural event, the Terps beat the top-ranked Big Ten team, Ohio State, and the ACC as a whole dominated the Big 10, winning the Challenge, 8-3. If you'd like to learn more about the Challenge and the Maryland-Purdue match-up, click here and here.

Another note before we nod off at our desks . . . we were distressed to learn this week that two of the WNBA's top players, Lindsey Harding of the Minnesota Lynx and DeMya Walker of the Sacramento Monarchs, both suffered fractured knee-cap injuries, which will likely result in their missing the entire WNBA season. The reason we mention this is because DeMya, a 6'3" center, was expected to start in the post for the Monarchs, the team that drafted the Terps' Laura Harper. As a result of DeMya's very unfortunate injury, Harp's first pro season could change dramatically, as she may see far more minutes of playing time than previously thought. It will be a challenge, but if any rookie player can handle that additional responsibility, we're confident that Laura is that person.

And speaking of the Monarchs, the Mystics are hosting Sacaramento on Monday in a preseason game in Tampa, where Washington is currently training. This will be the first time that the Terps' frontcourt duo of Harp & Lang face off against each other on opposing teams. That should be interesting . . . and exciting! We were hoping to provide our readers with a full report and photos, but unfortunately the plane tickets and complimentary room accommodations we were expecting to receive from Dr. J have yet to arrive! So it looks like after Monday's game we'll just have to provide you with an eye-less witness report.