In the swirling postgame joy, Central Michigan Coach Sue Guevara knew she had to make an important phone call. Her Chippewas, seeded 11th in the N.C.A.A. women’s basketball tournament, had just defeated third-seeded Ohio State, 95-78, to advance to the round of 16 for the first time.
As her players loudly celebrated, Guevara posed a question: Should she call Fee, her good friend, to share this happiness?
The players all nodded yes.
Fee is Felisha Legette-Jack, the women’s basketball coach at the University at Buffalo, and Guevara’s call proved emotional on both ends. Legette-Jack was engulfed in her own locker room celebration at that moment: Buffalo, also a No.