It's funny -- as in a sad kinda funny -- that these days I can say the New York Times does a better job of covering women's basketball than Sports Illustrated does.

An example? Today's Times has an article on the former WNBA players who now populate the college head coach ranks.

“Now you’re seeing the positive impact of Title IX on young women who went through high school, college, then went into the W.N.B.A.,” Beth Bass, the chief executive of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association, said in a recent telephone interview. “Now they’re getting sprinkled into college ranks and bringing a whole new, fresh approach on how to coach the sport.”