I do believe the NCAA will take three teams from our league and a potential bubble team.

Certainly, you don't want it to be one and done. We're in a position where we need to win three games.

Smith is tough for a lot of people. She is outstanding offensively because she never stops moving, and she goes for every rebound. She is difficult to defend.

Programs have to rebuild. That's just the bottom line, and that's where we're at now.

It would have been nice to take chance out of the equation. But I hope our two New Mexico wins will give us some consideration with the committee.

We expect Brittney Thomas to hit the 3-point shot; she is a good shooter. She provided us with a spark off the bench and defensive intensity.

We missed a lot of chippers. Yes, there was contact sometimes, but you've got to finish, and we didn't do that.

We came close with this group a couple years ago. We're just happy to continue to play.

We didn't play well enough to beat this team. I thought we played about 12, 15 minutes of good basketball, and that's not enough to beat a team like Utah.

We were hopeful because the word out was there was a possibility of taking five teams from our league. But, honestly, I told the team we probably had a 10 to 20 percent chance.