I've been watching these girls since they were in fourth grade. I knew what stride they could play at. I thought four years ago that we could possibly get to this level.

We knew we can play with that team. We know we can beat that team.

It's been like a dream, honestly. I've been doing this since fourth grade, and to come out here and finally reap the benefits of all that hard work is great.

Pinch me, I can't believe it. The girls played fantastic. They are so focused and knew that this is what they wanted to do.

It's not as hard as everybody thinks -- honest. They know our personnel. We know their personnel. From the aspect of preparing for somebody, now I'm going to watch the tape of whoever won that eastern final, but watching the tape and seeing them in person are two different things. So, I knew what (Moon) could do.

One thing is that we have changed the offensive systems to fit our personnel at each place. You can't do the same thing all the time and I think some coaches get caught up in trying to run the same system when their personnel doesn't necessarily allow it. Before this season, I never coached a girl over 5 foot 9 , so this is a little different and we made adjustments to utilize our height.