On Feb. 5, at Rutgers University in Piscataway, N.J., the Scarlet Knights women's basketball team will play Wisconsin.
It will be the first time since 2019 that a Big Ten women's game will have Black women coaching both teams.
Coquese Washington is Rutgers' first-year coach, having replaced the legendary C. Vivian Stringer. Marisa Moseley is entering her second season coaching the Badgers.
"I think it will be exciting when that happens,'' Washington said last week at Target Center during Big Ten media days. "But, absolutely, I think there's still a lot of room for growth when you look at the numbers, in terms of diversity, in terms of people of color leading programs. Especially in the Power Five conferences.''
In Division I women's basketball, 40.7% of the players were Black, compared to just 18.5% of the coaches, in the latest Tide's Gender and Equity Report Card, from the 2020-21 season.
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