Coaching carousel: Alabama will hire Stephany Smith. Smith took Middle Tennessee State to the NCAA's second round this year and last-- her Blue Raiders made waves by upsetting North Carolina in 2004, NC State this year. Smith will replace Rick Moody, who is retiring after a crazy final game.

Yale has hired Chris Gobrecht, whose long resume includes good years at Cal State-Fullerton, stellar ones at UW-Seattle, one year at Florida State, and a not-so-stellar stint at USC, which replaced her with the so-far-impressive Mark Trakh last year.

"I think my career has been leading up to this," Gobrecht said. "She did a great job with the Huskies, and now she's a Bulldog," Yale's athletic director explained.

Gobrecht recently revisited her Husky days: "Washington was my Camelot," she told the Seattle Times.