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May Kotsopoulos, left, and Alissa Sheftic celebrate at the end America East Conference women's championship NCAA basketball game in West Hartford, Conn. , Saturday, March 13, 2010. Vermont defeated Hartford 55-50. View Photo »
I don't know what the facination is with that ... They're dying to put that whole thing together. I'm surprised they didn't put Hartford in there, and I'm glad Jamelle (Elliott) didn't make it, otherwise they might have thrown her in there too.
Binghamton University players and fans celebrate at the conclusion of the America East Championship game at the Binghamton University Events Center on March 14, 2009. Binghamton defeated UMBC 61-51...
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Hartford players sit on the bench after the America East Conference women's championship NCAA basketball game in West Hartford, Conn. , Saturday, March 13, 2010. Vermont defeated Hartford 55-50. From left are:Ilicia Mathis, Amanda Weaver, Ruthanne Doherty. View Photo »
You can't think that far ahead anyway
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Hartford's Daphne Elliott and Vermont's Alissa Sheftic battle for a rebound in the first half of the America East Conference women's championship NCAA basaketball basketball game in West Hartford, Conn. , Saturday, March 13, 2010. View Photo »
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May Kotsopoulos, left, and Alissa Sheftic celebrate at the end America East Conference women's championship NCAA basketball game in West Hartford, Conn. , Saturday, March 13, 2010. Vermont defeated Hartford 55-50.
View Photo »Hartford players sit on the bench after the America East Conference women's championship NCAA basketball game in West Hartford, Conn. , Saturday, March 13, 2010. Vermont defeated Hartford 55-50. From left are:Ilicia Mathis, Amanda Weaver, Ruthanne Doherty.
View Photo »Hartford's Daphne Elliott and Vermont's Alissa Sheftic battle for a rebound in the first half of the America East Conference women's championship NCAA basaketball basketball game in West Hartford, Conn. , Saturday, March 13, 2010.
View Photo »Hartford,s Diane Delva goes past Vermont's Alissa Sheftic for a shot in the first half of the America East Conference women's championship NCAA basketball game in West Hartford, Conn. , Saturday, March 13, 2010.
View Photo »FILE - This Nov. 22, 2009, file photo shows Vermont's Evan Fjeld (32) and Rutgers' Gregory Echenique (00) competing for a rebound during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Piscataway, N.J. Evan Fjeld will play in the America East Conference championship despite the recent...
View Photo »To see your name up there and see where you're going and it's close to home so we can get our fans there, your mind is just spinning
Vermont is a very good team ... I don't know a lot about them yet, but they are a team that is going to be excited to be there just like we are. I know that they will play hard and they'll be excited. I'm just thrilled that we get to play close to home against a great opponent.
We've made steady progress to get to this point ... It's nice that we don't have to wait another two hours after this show is over to hear about who is in the WNIT to be quite honest. I know there are teams that are waiting for that. All postseason play is important, but this is the big dance and we're ...
We evaluated Nebraska's resume, and even though they lost in the Big 12 tournament we felt that it was important to keep them on that first line
I'm not surprised that they would line us up with Connecticut if we both come out
They want to see that matchup. We're a long way from thinking about that matchup.
I would venture to say that after that game is over, if we are fortunate enough to win it, I think there will be a lot of coaches and players on our team that will be smiling a little bit
I've never gone into the NCAA tournament with an undefeated team that didn't have a tremendously experienced guard that could control the tempo and be able to get us into whatever we needed to get into ... This is the first time we don't have that, so it's different.
All these years you coach, you see Tennessee, UConn, Stanford as no. 1 seeds. Year in and year out those are the traditional No. 1 teams ... All of a sudden you see Nebraska up there, you're like, 'Oh, yeah. I'm the coach of Nebraska.' That's pretty cool.
I don't know what the facination is with that ... They're dying to put that whole thing together. I'm surprised they didn't put Hartford in there, and I'm glad Jamelle (Elliott) didn't make it, otherwise they might have thrown her in there too.
You can't think that far ahead anyway
There are some teams in our bracket that are a lot better than people give them credit for ... I like when you are playing teams that you're seeing for the first time, and are seeing you for the first time.
I don't know what the facination is with that
They wanted to get better ... I think they were embarrassed. They made history in a bad way, so now I think they want to make history in a good way.
To put Nebraska on the map in the women's basketball world with teams like UConn — never would you imagine little old Nebraska would be up there
We have some stuff to prove
The best thing we've done the last three years is play the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament like they were Big 12 teams
We've tried to play physical and use our depth.
Playing three top 15 teams in a row gets us ready for anything we'll see in the NCAA Tournament
Albany is off to a horrendous start. Towson’s schedule is just brutal. It goes from hard to impossible. But on any given Saturday, we’re seeing crazy results, and if you win your one-goal games, that’s a big deal.
The ACC is 17-1 out of conference. You have three undefeateds in that league [in Virginia, North Carolina and Maryland]. They’re going to start knocking each other off. A good conference this year appears to be the CAA [Colonial Athletic Association] with Hofstra and Drexel making the playoffs. I don’t ...
We’re going to prepare and we’re going to get ready to play our best basketball on Sunday against Vermont ... They’re a really good team and we’ll find out more about them throughout the week.
They’re confident, they’re excited ... I believe they feel like they’ve been rewarded, but they’re not done yet. They’re hungry. They’re hungry to do well in the tournament.
It’s a fantastic feeling ... It is representative of all of the hard work that we’ve put in this entire season. Especially for Coach Stone — I know it’s the first time in her tenure that we have ever been able to go the NCAA [Tournament], and I also think it’s a great reward for our two seniors who have...
I think our initial feeling was just a sense of accomplishment and a sense of being proud that this is something that we’ve worked so hard for ... We feel a sense of accomplishment, but at the same time, we’re not going to be satisfied going into this tournament and losing the first game.
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