Dawn Staley
NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee chair Derita Dawkins spoke about the process of creating a bracket that best represents how each team performed in regular season play, saying the committee had some really difficult conversations coming up with final seedings.
Staley: ‘I never let Feagin play less than her standard. That meant she sat a lot, but this year, it paid off’
Fulwiley: ‘Don’t count us out, don’t doubt us’
Fulwiley: ‘It was really all up to me, and I’m glad I finally actually understood that’
Paopao: ‘It makes me better and gives our team more options when I play with pace’
Auriemma: ‘It’s hard as hell to win down there’
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