[81alum]

My write-up is done at the top.  For the sake of completeness, here is its conclusion:

Conclusion:

If anyone has asked me before the season whether I would be satisfied with winning the Pac 12 tourney, going 31-5 and making it to the elite 8, being the only team to beat Baylor and revenging Oregon--and doing all of this after losing Nadia and Marta--I would have taken it in a heartbeat.  Tonight I went into this game principally being worried about being humiliated--and we certainly were not.  It feels a lot better than our loss to Louisville last year.

But now we say good bye to Alanna Smith and Shannon Coffee, and possibly Marta Sniezek.  This year's seniors, which originally included Alexa Romano, were not a highly rated recruiting class, nor did they blossom quickly.  But they each had their moments, and Alanna made dramatic improvements each season.  They helped our program get through something of a down spell, if you can call elite eight, final four, sweet sixteen, and elite eight a down spell.  They all provided me with many hours of enjoyment and happiness as I watched them over the course of their four years, and I wish them all well.

[81alum]

My write-up is done at the top.  For the sake of completeness, here is its conclusion:

Conclusion:

If anyone has asked me before the season whether I would be satisfied with winning the Pac 12 tourney, going 31-5 and making it to the elite 8, being the only team to beat Baylor and revenging Oregon--and doing all of this after losing Nadia and Marta--I would have taken it in a heartbeat.  Tonight I went into this game principally being worried about being humiliated--and we certainly were not.  It feels a lot better than our loss to Louisville last year.

But now we say good bye to Alanna Smith and Shannon Coffee, and possibly Marta Sniezek.  This year's seniors, which originally included Alexa Romano, were not a highly rated recruiting class, nor did they blossom quickly.  But they each had their moments, and Alanna made dramatic improvements each season.  They helped our program get through something of a down spell, if you can call elite eight, final four, sweet sixteen, and elite eight a down spell.  They all provided me with many hours of enjoyment and happiness as I watched them over the course of their four years, and I wish them all well.