Ups and downs of the day

Uppers:

Tennessee-Martin is flying high, and with four starting freshmen.

It’s already a season to remember for Green Bay.

Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis was named the Gatorade National Girls Basketball Player of the Year. The Mater Dei High School senior is the first Californian to win the award since Lisa Leslie 21 years ago. Foxsportsnet had a piece on how Leslie presented Mosqueda-Lewis’ award today.

UCLA has its eyes on beating Montana Saturday.

Maya Moore is closing in on milestones. The AP spent a day with her.

Downers:

North Texas has fired Coach Shanice Stephens after only three years.

The guru says the real March Madness is all the coach firings that go down this month. He may be right.

The truth comes out: Van Chancellor’s resignation wasn’t voluntary.

USA Basketball:

Last year’s gold medal-winning U18 coaches will be back this summer to coach the U19s.

Tennessee frosh Meighan Simmons will probably be invited to camp.