Written by four reporters who have covered the sport during the 1990s, this work follows the exploits of the five programmes heavily favoured to contend for the national basketball championship in 2000-2001: Tennessee, Connecticut, Rutgers, UCLA, and Louisiana Tech. Blending the insights and fact-finding of the reporters, it depicts the intensity of women's college basketball both on the court and on the recruiting trail; analyzes its geniuses such as Tennessee head coach Pat Summitt; illuminates its star players such as UConn's Sue Bird and Tennessee's Kristen Ace Clement; and takes on some of the game's controversial elements, such as the perception of rampant lesbianism, the preponderance of knee injuries, the bullying tactics of the game's top coaches, and the endless struggle for financial resources in a sports landscape dominated by men.