I think for us it was an opportunity to keep moving the program forward and take the expectations higher. Basketball is the foundation sport of our athletics program. It's our heritage and we're proud of that.

What he (Snyder) told us is, it's an opportunity to get back to playing basketball. All the speculation was a heavy burden.

Playing basketball at the Naval Academy has been a great opportunity for all of us. We've accomplished some goals and not others, but along the way we've learned a lot and grown a lot.

I think it's a good thing to have high expectations for your basketball program,

I think it's a good thing to have high expectations for your basketball program. But I think we all recognize at the end of the day, what the polls say on Nov. 28, in the whole scheme of things, isn't really important. It's early, those polls and rankings are going to change.

We had very high expectations for her. Because, first of all, she's a very good basketball player, and she's also very driven. She's a very competitive person. It's absolutely no surprise to me that she's had a really good freshman year.