With 64 teams, I don't know that everybody believes they can make it all the way. But you have to. Any given night, you have one chance to play your best game. You slip up, and you're going home.
It's always fun to get further and further. Going back to the Sweet 16 is good for us. Going to Albuquerque is somewhere we played before and that will help us.
I just think Angela and I took it personally.
This season has really been different coming off the national championship. It's actually been a lot easier. Initially, the fans' reaction was to go get another one, not understanding how big a deal that is. We've kept things in perspective, setting smaller goals and then larger ones.
We come to practice and we've got the banner up. You really can't go anywhere without somebody bringing it up. The memory's still fresh.
The biggest difference would be the experience factor. I'm very optimistic about their attitude. I've watched them, and they take their attitude from us. They play with the same maturity that we do.
Any other night, that's who we wanted shooting it. We were daring her to shoot it all night, anyway.
I'm just glad that we have practice next week.
They came out and attacked right at us off the bat. They established their dominance.
It took a little longer than expected to find ourselves.