Women's Hoops Blog

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Thursday, April 22, 2004

During the tournament, Rene Portland stayed relatively quiet about the site selection system. Now she has let loose.

She trashed Cheryl Marra, calling her explanations "absurd." She said "I'd rather stay in a goddamn trailer park than where we stayed in those first four rounds." She says that the members of the selection committee need to be replaced.

Coach Portland herself took some heat after her team failed to show up against UConn. Some PSU fans think it's time for a new coach and a new direction. Asked yesterday how many more years she plans to coach, Portland responded: "Is that a message?"