SNL, Melissa McCarthy Mock Mike Rice Scandal

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I can’t say I ever thought we’d see Mike Rice and Rutgers basketball make Saturday Night Live.

But here we are.

And Melissa McCarthy is the perfect person to do it.

McCarthy plays Sheila Kelly, the coach of the Middle Delaware State’s women’s basketball team, who threatens her players with a baseball bat, forces them to serve her dinner in the gym and throws toasters at them.

Written by Adam Zagoria

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Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle. A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.