March 23, 2001

For Top Women's Basketball Players, the Ideal Practice Includes Men

By WELCH SUGGS

Coaches increasingly use male squads to improve their teams

Practice starts for the University of Notre Dame's women's basketball team on a chilly Thursday afternoon with an easy three-on-one drill. Faculty members, their kids, and other hangers-on file into the cozy Joyce Center as team members, in blue practice jerseys, bear down on a lone defender from the practice squad.

The Fighting Irish, one of the top three teams in the National Collegiate Athletic Association all

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