Mechelle is hangin' with Coop2:

Of course, the Southern California players didn't know for sure what to expect. They'd gone to Los Angeles Sparks games and watched on television. But they still had to wait to actually have Michael Cooper around before they really knew what it would be like having him as a head coach.

"He's a funny guy, but he gets his point across," USC guard Ashley Corral said. "He and I are very good at talking about what needs to get done team-wise and what I need to get done individually. It wasn't hard to acclimate to it like I thought it would be."