TAMPA, Fla. -- From the highest rafter of Amalie Arena, the venue in which Baylor will play for its third national title on Sunday, hangs the 1982 NCAA championship banner heralding Louisiana Tech's 76-62 victory against Cheyney State.
It was the first ever NCAA women's basketball championship, and Baylor coach Kim Mulkey, a point guard for the Bulldogs, remembers it well.
"Debra Wideman, that name familiar to you? Her brother is Dennis Rodman. She and I came off the bench, we were co-MVPs. I always had assists at the other end to Rodman and (Janice) Lawrence," Mulkey recalled.