The producer of the UConn-Florida game was enamored with Ashley Elsey, the mother of UConn freshman Liam McNeeley. I'm not here to comment on her attractiveness. The internet picked up that ball and ran with it describing her with a four letter acronym that I will not repeat (we keep is classy and PG13 around here). What I want to point out is that Liam's mom is one of several matriarchs who ruled the hardwood in their day. Ashley Elsey, who is 6 feet tall, played for Rice; she graduated in 1996.

I mentioned that Cooper Flagg's mother, Kelly, played for Maine. Kelly Bowman was a 5'11" swing player for the University of Maine, graduating in 1999. She was team captain her senior year, when the Black Bears upset Stanford. One of her teammates was 6'4" Stacey Porrini, a prolific scorer and team captain in 1997. Porrini graduated with a degree in education and taught first grade for many years in her hometown of Bristol, Connecticut. There she met and married Bill Clingan. They had two kids, Donovan and Olivia. Donovan Clingan grew to 7'2" and led UConn to the last two national championships (he's currently with the Trailblazers). Stacey Porrini Clingan didn't see either one. She died of breast cancer in 2018. Donovan wore number 32, his mother's number, while at UConn.