SEC Tournament opener against Kentucky, middle of a workday, and Fennell throws an 89-mile-per-hour fastball and decides (for reasons that remain unclear) that the appropriate follow-up is to let the batter know he owns him. 89 miles per hour. In 2026. With a 4.96 ERA on the season.
Selection Sunday is right around the corner, meaning every result carries weight for NCAA Tournament seeding, bracket positioning, and bubble teams fighting for their postseason lives.
Kentucky has a 7-6 record against the spread this season when favored by 7.5 points or more. When it has played as at least a 7.5-point underdog this season, LSU is 5-2 against the spread. These two teams average 162.6 points per game combined, 11.1 more than the over/under of 151.5.
In basketball, rudeness is a two-pronged trait: It's being good enough to make a hard game look easy, but more than that, it's being good enough to make your opponent's hard work seem like a waste. It's strutting into a department store, knocking over a stack of neatly folded sweaters, and heading home. What you feel when you watch a defender stay in front of Booker, only for her to rise up and nail a midrange jumper over their head, is overwhelming pity.
