All along I knew [the draft] was coming, but all along, I was focused on the Final Four. I didn't really pay much attention to what was after that. [The draft] kind of picked me up a little bit.

We've lost the last two years in that game to get to the Final Four. To finally get over that, I think we'll be more relaxed once we start playing again.

Just being in that venue and being at the Final Four knowing my team could be there the following year, I wanted to be part of that. I knew I had made the right decision even if we hadn't made it to this point. It's all the sweeter that we actually are here.

I think I was frustrated early on because we weren't playing very well. I guess we woke up. We got things together, got things rolling.

We felt great at halftime. We scored the first basket of the second half (but) we didn't really get the stops that we needed to maintain the lead that we had. They just slowly crept up on us and took the lead.

Her rhythm is not as graceful as it is on the court.