As Noel Sheppard points out, “Mitchell was born on October 30, 1946. The amendment to Title IX of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that radically changed women’s college sports was enacted on June 23, 1972.”

WILLIE GEIST: Andrea, Alzheimer’s runs in her family. Her mother had this problem as well. But she says she will carry on through the season, says she’ll lean a little harder on some of her assistant coaches. And she basically said at points this season, she felt like things just weren’t clicking right. So she went out to the Mayo clinic to get it checked out.

ANDREA MITCHELL: Well, she’s handling this the way all of us fans, Pat Summitt fans, she’s an icon for women in sports in particular. Title IX, you know, was so important as I was growing up.