After the game with Michigan State, Penn State coach Rene Portland spoke with a representative of the WNBA's Cleveland Rockers about senior point guard Helen Darling. The pro league is a part of a coach's recruiting life and Darling is a real prospect. That doesn't mean Portland likes it. Currently, the WNBA doesn't draft undergraduates. The NBA didn't for years until the policy was challenged in court.
Undergrads now make up the bulk of lottery picks in the men's pro league.
There is going to be some lawyer in this world who is going to sue and say a kid has the right to play. Michigan indefinitely suspended sophomore forward Ruth Kipping last Friday. She started seven games this season and appeared in every game before the suspension. But she had no starts in Big Ten play and had fallen to the end of the rotation for forwards. Michigan guard Alayne Ingram suffered a sprained right ankle against Wisconsin last week and did not play Sunday against Iowa.