It's pretty amazing, really, that Pat Summitt keeps winning national championships with Tennessee; this is now her eighth, and her second in a row.

We like how Rocky Top Talk characterizes a cute picture of a little boy.

Pat Summitt says that even though this kid is cute as a button, she would rip his freakin' head off if he ever challenged her to a game.

She's like Dean Smith and Coach K rolled into one, John Wooden if John Wooden had to deal with Bruce Pearl hanging around all the time. Pretty impossible not to salute.

Lady Vols Take Their Eighth NCAA Championship [Rocky Top Talk]

You may not care about women's basketball, but don't say that around Michigan coach Kevin Borseth. He's, um, into the game. And as you may have picked up from this clip, he thinks that offensive rebounding is rather important. Not sure if he's ranting at his players or at the officiating here, but either way, it's fun.

The only thing better would be if he got down on all fours and lobbed a pretend hand grenade. "Maybe we should recruit football players and put them around the basket!" Ha. He's forty! He's a man!

Kevin Borseth Post-Game Interview [Big Ten Network]

And no one dared give us the women's coaches' teleconference number; that might have been a disaster. It certainly was in the SEC this week.

The LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER gets a busy signal, as a teleconference with SEC women's basketball coaches was interrupted by prank calls.

The H-L reports, "The questions were graphic in nature, and included inquiries about coaches having sexual relations with players and players' performances based on their menstrual cycles." Unfortunately, the media meeting was adjourned before Pat Summitt got her chance to speak.

We're still not certain this was actually a prank and wasn't, say, Mike Tirico.

(Sorry, Mike! We know, you're better now!)

Women's Coaches' Teleconference Gets Dirty [Sports By Brooks]

At the end of the double overtime game, they had only two players on the court.

The Wildcats suited up just six players, watched their 16-point second-half lead disappear and had four players foul out before losing 94-88 to Oregon State at Gill Coliseum.

This is the best part: They had a 16-point lead! They played with only four players in the first overtime and actually built a six-point lead until Oregon State tied it up. Then two more players fouled out in the second overtime. And Oregon State still only won by six. If anyone has any video of the five Oregon State players taking on the two Arizona players, we would absolutely love to see it.

Wildcats End Game With Two On Court [Arizona Daily Star]

Apparently, the Purdue women's basketball team was having tutors write their papers for them — they ended up going on probation for it — and they weren't particularly clandestine. Witness these email exchanges:

10/26/05, 4:45 PM Merriweather to George: Here are some thoughts that should help. Make sure you read it and add your own info from class notes or any textbooks you use. All of my info is from the internet and what I remember...

10/26/05, 10:16 PM Merriweather to George: Throw away the other one. This one is better and more organized....

11/29/05, 2:43 AM Merriweather to George: Hey, you still have to do the title page and the reference page. I have attached everything you need to do those (two) things. Make sure you reread the paper and make it sound like you.

"Make it sound like you." By that, they meant, "Make it sound like Marques Slocum."

Purdue Assistant Writes Paper For Player, Shows Just How To Land Your School On Probation [Lion In Oil]

And players will go to rather desperate measures to make sure they hang onto their scholarships. Witness Syracuse women's basketball starting forward Fantasia Goodwin, who hid her pregnancy the entire second half of last year. She finally gave birth last week.

Goodwin said no one on the team or the coaching or training staff knew about her pregnancy. She said head coach Quentin Hillsman was the first person she told, on Feb. 25, the night before the final game of the season at Cincinnati. She said Hillsman immediately told her to go see the team doctor and not play.

"Everyone found out the same time," Goodwin said. "I was playing pregnant, yes, and no one knew about it. And when they found out, that's why I didn't play (the last game)."

If a school doesn't have a policy about pregnant athletes — Syracuse doesn't — they could, conceivably, have their scholarship pulled, which is why Goodwin didn't tell anyone. Goodwin just mysteriously missed the final game — which was only two months ago — and suddenly, we have a greater understanding of J.D. Drew and Mark Prior.

Is That A Basketball Under Your Jersey Or Are You Just Glad To See Me? [The Feed]

The shocking resignation of LSU women's basketball coach Pokey Chatman was linked Thursday to inappropriate conduct with players, according to university sources familiar with the matter. Chatman announced she would step aside immediately.

The folks at Women's Hoops Blog are all over this story, though you get the feeling they'd rather not. There are tons of rumors out there about which player(s) Pokey — Pokey! — might have been involved with, including a current WNBA player, but we doubt those names will ever officially come out. We will enjoy watching them try to talk around this during LSU NCAA tourney telecasts though; Musburger's not covering these games, is he? Because that would make us all rather uncomfortable.

Chatman To Leave LSU Immediately [Times-Picayune]
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