Written by DCist contributor Brett Gellman Area NCAA basketball fans may be out of luck in the men’s tournament, but the women are still providing plenty of thrills. The top-seeded Terrapins (30-4) defeated #9 Utah (23-10) in the second round of the Women’s NCAA Tournament and advanced to their third Sweet Sixteen in four years. The Terps’ two celebrated seniors, Marissa Coleman and Kristi Toliver, were the team’s top scorers with 18 and 17 points…

For the first time this season, two area teams occupy spots in the AP’s top 10 for women’s college hoops. While their male counterparts’ seasons have been wrought with inconsistencies, reigning champs Maryland (22-3, #6) and surging GW (19-2, #8) have been making noise all season. This afternoon’s poll reveals GW’s first appearance in the top ten since February, 1992. The Colonials are riding a 12-game winning streak and are unbeaten in conference play. Their…

Quite the sports weekend for the greater DC area. Something for everyone as they say. We’ll start out at RFK with the DC United and NY Red Bulls match, for no other reason except that I was there with the pictures to prove it. Despite considering myself to be quite the soccer fan, I’m ashamed to say that this was my first ever United game. And when the Red Bulls scored twice in the first…

>>The votes are in and as of now, it looks like the Washington Wizards will not be represented in this year’s NBA All Star game. Gilbert Arenas and Antawn Jamison, both elected last year, will have to make other plans for All Star weekend after the coaches left them off of their ballots this year. Arenas is a suprising omission given that he’s fourth in the entire league in scoring in addition to the…

>> The Duke Blue Devils men’s basketball team has just five losses in the last 11 months, and after falling to Maryland 99-92 in OT on Saturday night, Maryland can lay claim to three of them. Maryland’s victory marks the first time in a decade that the Terps have taken the season series from the Blue Devils. Emotions were high in College Park throughout the game. JJ Redick got into it with Chris McCray and…