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

Coaches increasingly use male squads to improve their teams

By WELCH SUGGS

South Bend, Ind.

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...