Shooting straight

Say this for Pokey Chatman, she's not going to give you a line of bull.

Today she was asked if her LSU women's basketball team would go as far as Sylvia Fowles would take them.

Her answer was pretty blunt.

"We went into the season knowing that Sylvia is an integral part of what we need to do,'' Chatman said. "When you look at the numbers she's putting up, it's extremely difficult to have success against the caliber of teams you're going to face if Sylvia is not a mainstay. A lot of our success rides on Sylvia's shoulders.''

There you go. If LSU is to go deep in the NCAA Tournament, Sylvia Fowles will have to take them there.

No pressure, Syl.