On April Fool’s Day, fake news posts were abundant around the sports world. Whether it was Caitlin Clark missing Iowa’s Elite 8 game or a future FAU-USF football game on an aircraft carrier, Monday implicitly tested people’s sarcasm meters and general ability to take a joke.
What wasn’t a joke, however, was the report that Mizzou women’s basketball head coach Robin Pingeton would be retained for a 15th season. Despite ending the 2023-24 campaign with 12 straight losses and, on the surface, sitting on a metaphorically hot seat, the Board of Curators decided to keep her around for the last year of her contract.