Womhoops Guru

Mel Greenberg covered college and professional women’s basketball for the Philadelphia Inquirer, where he worked for 40 plus years. Greenberg pioneered national coverage of the game, including the original Top 25 women's college poll. His knowledge has earned him nicknames such as "The Guru" and "The Godfather," as well as induction into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2007.

Monday, March 26, 2007

March Madness: Rutgers Heads for Women's Final Four

By Mel Greenberg

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Hello All

We have a lo-o-o-n-g drive back to Philadelphia on Tuesday from a trip that started in a winter ice storm and has now extended to summer weather.

The Rutgers game story covering the win over Arizona State for print should show on Philly.com. We are also going to write for the Wednesday paper in the next few hours to cover the time we will be traveling.

But the Guru's hunch paid off. When Temple was able to play tough defense on Duke in the Owls' loss to the Blue Devils Tuesday night in nearby Raleigh, the Guru thought Rutgers might be able to complete the deal off the way it had been performing of late.

But who could foresee the way that game evolved on Saturday. The Guru's selling point on staying here was that Saturday's winner was probably going to head to Cleveland, which is to take nothing away from a very fine Arizona State team.

And so Rutgers' remarkable run continues. The Guru will be involved in all kinds of events in Cleveland along with coverage, which we'll address when we get back home.

So that's it until Tuesday night at this venue.

-- Mel

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