We've been a very competitive mid-major program. We're starting to come together. It's a good group. It's just that it's a young group so there have been some ups and downs.

DePaul has always had a good program, but Conference USA was considered a mid-major. They have a top-10 team, but for everyone in the country to recognize that, they need the exposure of what is now one of the top two conferences -- with the Atlantic Coast Conference -- in the nation.

I can't consider them a mid-major team. I don't look at them that way. They're a really good team.

Getting Marko was something we really wanted to do. It's all starting to come together.

It was a little disconcerting because that happened with our starting group in. But she's a good player, very explosive.

We have a very good group back this year. This group of seniors really revitalized the whole track program . . . and they've only lost three meets in the last three years.