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"content": "\u003cp>The Oakland Technical High School girls varsity basketball team \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKThdSuEB-s\">can ball\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s not a stretch to imagine that the Bulldogs — two-time defending state champions (2019 and 2022) — might have three or four trophies already, had much of the country not shut down two days before their scheduled championship game in March 2020; or had their 2021 season not been canceled altogether due to COVID.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team’s success has even garnered the attention of local sports legends. They’re regularly visited by football great and \u003ca href=\"https://oaklandside.org/2023/01/24/oakland-tech-high-school-honors-inaugural-sports-hall-of-fame/\">Oakland Tech alum Marshawn Lynch\u003c/a>. The Warriors’ Klay Thompson made an appearance at the team’s ring ceremony last summer, and his teammate \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/KQEDnews/status/1626666615315238912\">Steph Curry sent the team a personal video message of congratulations\u003c/a> late last year for their championship banner ceremony.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, they’re on a quest to three-peat with another state title. For sports fans still lamenting the Warriors and Raiders leaving Oakland, this high school team is showing that there’s still plenty to be excited about.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘The best team I’ve ever had’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>“If we make shots, we can beat anybody,” LeRoy Hurt, the team’s head coach, said. “But if we’re missing shots — and it happens — anybody can beat us. We just got to maintain our composure.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11941162\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11941162\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62945_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-946-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Perspective courtside photo of a coach wearing a purple shirt sitting next to six or seven high school girl basketball players wearing white jerseys\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1277\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62945_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-946-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62945_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-946-qut-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62945_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-946-qut-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62945_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-946-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62945_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-946-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Tech coach LeRoy Hurt and members of the team’s starting squad watch during the Bulldogs’ final home game on Feb. 10. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Maintaining composure, as well as good sportsmanship, are two of the team’s core values under Hurt — an Oakland Tech alum who’s been coaching the team since 2015. He led the team to an undefeated regular season in the Oakland Athletic League this year — the Bulldogs are 23-5 overall, including non-league games. On Feb. 10 at the team’s final home game, he \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/CoachMiaFisher/status/1624918505870204928?s=20\">notched his 150th win as head coach\u003c/a>. Next up, they’re preparing for the local Oakland Athletic League playoffs, which is the first hurdle they need to clear in the journey to the state championships in March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is the best team I’ve ever had,” Hurt said from the sidelines of that final home game. “It’s a fantastic group.”[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Jasmine Braggs, Bulldogs assistant coach\"]‘These young ladies are \u003cem>good\u003c/em>. Come see these girls. Just come see them. On our leisure, let’s not go to the hookah lounge. Let’s be like ‘Aye, let’s catch a game at Oakland Tech because I heard they were good.’ ‘[/pullquote]The group includes \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/rbF1qB7X2So\">six graduating seniors\u003c/a> who were feted during the team’s “Senior Night” celebration on Feb. 10: co-team captains and point guards Marisela Somvichian and Erin Sellers, center Sophia Askew-Gonçalves, plus guards Nia Hunter, Jada Williams and Jala Williams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The celebration was a glimpse of the kind of love the team receives and the community it’s built as it racks up achievements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11941164\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11941164\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62866_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-107-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Two broadly smiling teenage girls, one shorter, Asian, with dark hair, one taller, Black, with blonde braids, stand in the middle of a basketball court holding flowers surrounded by friends and family. Children behind the girl in the center hold a homemade sign reading 'Big Soph!'\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1277\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62866_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-107-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62866_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-107-qut-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62866_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-107-qut-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62866_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-107-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62866_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-107-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Tech seniors Marisela Somvichian (left) and Sophia Askew-Gonçalves (center) celebrate during the team’s ‘senior night’ and final home game of the season on Feb. 10. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“They’re all super supportive and they’re all very, very involved,” Anne Omura, Somvichian’s mother, said of the team’s family members — many of whom brought homemade posters, t-shirts and pom-poms to the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>1-2-3, Bulldogs! 4-5-6, Family!\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Somvichian, who has been playing basketball since the second grade, said one of the keys to the team’s success is their team spirit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re very, very energetic,” she said. “And I think the main thing is that outside of basketball, we all get along and we all connect. So on the court, our energy is just way better because we have that connection.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nia Hunter underlined that connection. “We’ve really built a family,” she said. “I honestly can say those girls in that gym are my second family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fitting, then, that the team’s cheer before every game is “1-2-3, Bulldogs! 4-5-6, Family!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11941166\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11941166\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62929_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-635-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of a row of smiling, mostly Black teenage basketball players wearing white jerseys courtside, smiling and signaling with their hands\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1277\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62929_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-635-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62929_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-635-qut-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62929_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-635-qut-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62929_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-635-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62929_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-635-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the Oakland Tech Bulldogs girls’ basketball team, from left: Erin Sellers, Marisela Somvichian, Sophia Askew-Gonçalves, Jordan Taylor, Terri’a Russell, Zhanea Clemons, Sarai White, Tiana Grace, Jhai Johnson and Marticia Pollard pose for a photo on the sideline during the final home game of the regular season on Feb. 10. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Bulldogs family has done well embracing its newcomers, too. Terri’a Russell, a 6-foot freshman who began playing basketball in the fourth grade, feels right at home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I love it very much,” she said. “I love our team captains. I feel like their leadership is A-One.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Russell, along with 6-foot-3 freshman Jhai Johnson, are considered ones to watch in high school basketball circles. Johnson, daughter of Oakland Tech alum and 49ers quarterback Josh Johnson, made an impressive showing this year as the only female participant in the \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Caballaz2005/status/1612138532214276097?s=20&t=ItpHePV3dNQadC4FcEfyeQ\">Oakland Athletic League dunk contest\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even when the team is winning handily — it’s not uncommon to see the Bulldogs score upwards of 40 points before the other team gets a basket — Russell said the team mentality is to stay bullish while also exhibiting good sportsmanship. “We still play as if the score is 0–0. And say the other team falls down, pick ’em up, you know. Because [one day] we could be on the other end of this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11941168\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11941168\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62925_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-714-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Action shot of two basketball players, one taller wearing a white jersey preparing to pass the ball, one shorter in a green jersey trying to block her. The scoreboard can be seen in the background.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1277\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62925_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-714-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62925_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-714-qut-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62925_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-714-qut-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62925_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-714-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62925_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-714-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Tech’s Terri’a Russell passes the ball during the team’s final home game of the regular season on Feb. 10. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The sportsmanship the team practices and the Bulldogs family they’ve cultivated take on more significance in the face of personal losses some players have experienced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some girls lost their sisters, lost their parents, lost people to gun violence and all these different things,” Jasmine Braggs, assistant coach for the team, said. “So if they play sports as their outlet, and there’s joy there, and they’re also doing good in it, and then also being recognized: that gives you motivation. That says, ‘I mean something and somebody notices me.’ Because sometimes our girls — and our youth in general — go unnoticed so much.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Filling the gap in Oakland sports stories\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>With the Warriors- and Raiders-sized holes in the Oakland sports scene, and the future of the A’s hanging in the balance, it can be easy to say there’s not much sports action going on in the East Bay — with men’s sports, anyway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These young ladies are good,” Braggs, a former basketball player and Oakland Tech alum, emphasized. “They’re not dribble, dribble, step, shoot. They’re like, between the legs, \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/az-jkaX-foQ?t=14\">hezzy\u003c/a> – like, they’re all those things. And we have to acknowledge that because it’s so easy to slip through the cracks and say, ‘Oh, Oakland’s not doing nothing.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11941287\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/RS62911_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-461-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A young Black girl wearing a white jersey soars through the air with a basketball as defenders wearing green jerseys surround her\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1277\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11941287\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/RS62911_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-461-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/RS62911_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-461-qut-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/RS62911_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-461-qut-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/RS62911_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-461-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/RS62911_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-461-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Tech senior Nia Hunter takes a shot during the Bulldogs’ final home game of the regular season. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As the Lady Bulldogs build a dynasty, efforts to bring a WNBA team to Oakland are also heating up. Oakland Tech’s own athletic director, Dr. Alexis Gray-Lawson — who led Tech’s girls basketball team to its first two state championships in ‘04 and ‘05 and later played in the WNBA — has become a front woman for the movement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet, the reality is that women’s and girl’s sports still don’t garner the respect or media coverage they deserve. Among U.S. sports fans, 79% say they don’t actively follow women’s sports, according to a recent study. It’s why Braggs is passionate about putting out the call to witness this girls varsity team in action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Come see these girls. Just come see them,” Braggs encouraged. “On our leisure, let’s not go to the hookah lounge. Let’s be like ‘Aye, let’s catch a game at Oakland Tech because I heard they were good.’ You know what I mean? Even just showing up in whatever school — if that’s Fremont [High School] or Oakland High.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Co-team captain Erin Sellers said she’s excited to have the support and appreciation of fans — from Steph Curry to classmates — even though it brings added pressure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think we’re doing a pretty good job of carrying it,” she said. “The only thing that’s left is to win the championship this year. So that’s what we tryin’ to do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First stop: the Oakland Athletic League playoffs, which tip off the week of Feb. 20.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The group includes \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/rbF1qB7X2So\">six graduating seniors\u003c/a> who were feted during the team’s “Senior Night” celebration on Feb. 10: co-team captains and point guards Marisela Somvichian and Erin Sellers, center Sophia Askew-Gonçalves, plus guards Nia Hunter, Jada Williams and Jala Williams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The celebration was a glimpse of the kind of love the team receives and the community it’s built as it racks up achievements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11941164\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11941164\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62866_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-107-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Two broadly smiling teenage girls, one shorter, Asian, with dark hair, one taller, Black, with blonde braids, stand in the middle of a basketball court holding flowers surrounded by friends and family. Children behind the girl in the center hold a homemade sign reading 'Big Soph!'\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1277\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62866_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-107-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62866_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-107-qut-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62866_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-107-qut-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62866_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-107-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62866_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-107-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Tech seniors Marisela Somvichian (left) and Sophia Askew-Gonçalves (center) celebrate during the team’s ‘senior night’ and final home game of the season on Feb. 10. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“They’re all super supportive and they’re all very, very involved,” Anne Omura, Somvichian’s mother, said of the team’s family members — many of whom brought homemade posters, t-shirts and pom-poms to the game.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>1-2-3, Bulldogs! 4-5-6, Family!\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Somvichian, who has been playing basketball since the second grade, said one of the keys to the team’s success is their team spirit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re very, very energetic,” she said. “And I think the main thing is that outside of basketball, we all get along and we all connect. So on the court, our energy is just way better because we have that connection.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nia Hunter underlined that connection. “We’ve really built a family,” she said. “I honestly can say those girls in that gym are my second family.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fitting, then, that the team’s cheer before every game is “1-2-3, Bulldogs! 4-5-6, Family!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11941166\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11941166\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62929_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-635-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of a row of smiling, mostly Black teenage basketball players wearing white jerseys courtside, smiling and signaling with their hands\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1277\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62929_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-635-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62929_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-635-qut-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62929_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-635-qut-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62929_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-635-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62929_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-635-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the Oakland Tech Bulldogs girls’ basketball team, from left: Erin Sellers, Marisela Somvichian, Sophia Askew-Gonçalves, Jordan Taylor, Terri’a Russell, Zhanea Clemons, Sarai White, Tiana Grace, Jhai Johnson and Marticia Pollard pose for a photo on the sideline during the final home game of the regular season on Feb. 10. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Bulldogs family has done well embracing its newcomers, too. Terri’a Russell, a 6-foot freshman who began playing basketball in the fourth grade, feels right at home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I love it very much,” she said. “I love our team captains. I feel like their leadership is A-One.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Russell, along with 6-foot-3 freshman Jhai Johnson, are considered ones to watch in high school basketball circles. Johnson, daughter of Oakland Tech alum and 49ers quarterback Josh Johnson, made an impressive showing this year as the only female participant in the \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Caballaz2005/status/1612138532214276097?s=20&t=ItpHePV3dNQadC4FcEfyeQ\">Oakland Athletic League dunk contest\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even when the team is winning handily — it’s not uncommon to see the Bulldogs score upwards of 40 points before the other team gets a basket — Russell said the team mentality is to stay bullish while also exhibiting good sportsmanship. “We still play as if the score is 0–0. And say the other team falls down, pick ’em up, you know. Because [one day] we could be on the other end of this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11941168\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11941168\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62925_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-714-qut.jpg\" alt=\"Action shot of two basketball players, one taller wearing a white jersey preparing to pass the ball, one shorter in a green jersey trying to block her. The scoreboard can be seen in the background.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1277\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62925_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-714-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62925_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-714-qut-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62925_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-714-qut-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62925_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-714-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/RS62925_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-714-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Tech’s Terri’a Russell passes the ball during the team’s final home game of the regular season on Feb. 10. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The sportsmanship the team practices and the Bulldogs family they’ve cultivated take on more significance in the face of personal losses some players have experienced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Some girls lost their sisters, lost their parents, lost people to gun violence and all these different things,” Jasmine Braggs, assistant coach for the team, said. “So if they play sports as their outlet, and there’s joy there, and they’re also doing good in it, and then also being recognized: that gives you motivation. That says, ‘I mean something and somebody notices me.’ Because sometimes our girls — and our youth in general — go unnoticed so much.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Filling the gap in Oakland sports stories\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>With the Warriors- and Raiders-sized holes in the Oakland sports scene, and the future of the A’s hanging in the balance, it can be easy to say there’s not much sports action going on in the East Bay — with men’s sports, anyway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These young ladies are good,” Braggs, a former basketball player and Oakland Tech alum, emphasized. “They’re not dribble, dribble, step, shoot. They’re like, between the legs, \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/az-jkaX-foQ?t=14\">hezzy\u003c/a> – like, they’re all those things. And we have to acknowledge that because it’s so easy to slip through the cracks and say, ‘Oh, Oakland’s not doing nothing.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11941287\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/RS62911_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-461-qut.jpg\" alt=\"A young Black girl wearing a white jersey soars through the air with a basketball as defenders wearing green jerseys surround her\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1277\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11941287\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/RS62911_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-461-qut.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/RS62911_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-461-qut-800x532.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/RS62911_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-461-qut-1020x678.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/RS62911_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-461-qut-160x106.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/02/RS62911_02102023_oaklandtechbasketball-461-qut-1536x1022.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Tech senior Nia Hunter takes a shot during the Bulldogs’ final home game of the regular season. \u003ccite>(Kori Suzuki/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As the Lady Bulldogs build a dynasty, efforts to bring a WNBA team to Oakland are also heating up. Oakland Tech’s own athletic director, Dr. Alexis Gray-Lawson — who led Tech’s girls basketball team to its first two state championships in ‘04 and ‘05 and later played in the WNBA — has become a front woman for the movement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet, the reality is that women’s and girl’s sports still don’t garner the respect or media coverage they deserve. Among U.S. sports fans, 79% say they don’t actively follow women’s sports, according to a recent study. It’s why Braggs is passionate about putting out the call to witness this girls varsity team in action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Come see these girls. Just come see them,” Braggs encouraged. “On our leisure, let’s not go to the hookah lounge. Let’s be like ‘Aye, let’s catch a game at Oakland Tech because I heard they were good.’ You know what I mean? 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"content": "\u003cp>Following the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11883760/report-finds-that-ncaa-undervalues-womens-basketball-prioritizes-mens-teams\">release this week of an external review\u003c/a> that found that the NCAA has underfunded and undervalued women’s sports for years, many female college coaches and athletes are corroborating the report’s findings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://wbca.org/about/press-releases/wbca-executive-director-danielle-donehew-reacts-release-kaplan-hecker-report\">statement released on Tuesday\u003c/a>, Danielle Donehew, executive director of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association, said that the \u003ca href=\"https://ncaagenderequityreview.com/\">report’s findings\u003c/a> validated the concerns expressed by many female coaches in the sport.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The report is exhaustive,” she said. “The report addresses every issue of great concern, including branding, marketing and staffing of the women’s championship.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WBCA Executive Director \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/DanielleDonehew?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DanielleDonehew\u003c/a> reacts to the release of the Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP report from its gender equity review of \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NCAA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NCAA\u003c/a> women’s and men’s basketball programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Full statement and report: \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/tvQJ3YGJDu\">https://t.co/tvQJ3YGJDu\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/OurFairShot?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OurFairShot\u003c/a> | \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/OurFairShot?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@OurFairShot\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://t.co/QbHbWJtbrs\">pic.twitter.com/QbHbWJtbrs\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>— Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (@WBCA1981) \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/WBCA1981/status/1422645152368189446?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">Aug. 3, 2021\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The review was prompted in March after the NCAA came under fire from athletes and fans after a video of the minimal equipment in the women’s weight room at the organization’s championships was posted by University of Oregon basketball player Sedona Prince.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The video, which immediately gained traction and was \u003ca href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@sedonerrr/video/6941180880127888646?lang=en\">widely critiqued on TikTok\u003c/a>, showed that the NCAA did not provide the women’s Division I basketball teams the lavish amenities that it did for the men’s tournaments. The NCAA commissioned the review shortly afterward.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Led by New York law firm Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP, the \u003ca href=\"https://ncaagenderequityreview.com/\">report recommends\u003c/a> reforms to the NCAA’s basketball programs. It calls for a combined Final Four tournament and changes to the organization’s leadership structure, media contracts and revenue calculations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“With respect to women’s basketball, the NCAA has not lived up to its stated commitment to ‘diversity, inclusion and gender equity among its student-athletes, coaches and administrators,'” the report states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday, KQED spoke with \u003ca href=\"https://gostanford.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/coaches/tara-vanderveer/3849\">Tara VanDerveer\u003c/a>, the head women’s basketball coach at Stanford University with a record of over a thousand career victories, to understand how the report’s findings could affect women’s basketball for years to come.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The following interview has been edited for length and clarity.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>KQED’s Natalia Navarro: How does this report inform the long-standing inequalities that you’ve noticed?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tara VanDerveer\u003c/strong>: It’s a battle to deal with the disparities between how the men are treated at the NCAA tournament and how women are treated. 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