When you think your season is over, you tend to become brutally honest. And that actually might have been the best thing for us.
I came in and inherited a great team, and that got me off on a great start because we were so competitive and so successful, and I just tried to build on that foundation that was there. It was such a great tradition, and I just wanted to carry that on.
One thing that has carried this team throughout the tournament ? and even before the tournament ? is just the fact that they have heart. They don?t quit and they continue to go hard.
She?s a great player, and she stepped up. Obviously, that?s why everyone is where they are at this point. At some point, they stepped up. That was a crucial turning point.
That makes them a little more hesitant, a little less aggressive. Despite that, they did a great job hanging in there.
