Taurasi's self-criticism: "you sometimes feel like you don't deserve it ... you maybe don't feel like you played as well as you could have the whole year." Amazing. Only one way to cure those self-doubts...

The Courant also reports on Liz Sherwood, arriving in the fall.

The Vols' bench is getting psyched. Shyra Ely replaced Ashley Robinson in the starting line-up awhile back. Says Robinson: "who cares?"

The KnoxNews reports on Geno. His repeats his claims that this year was "awful" and that he wanted to lose. Nonsense. He wanted the 89th win. He wanted his name above Wooden's. He looked heart-broken after the loss. He hated losing. And good for him -- the best performers in sports always hate losing more than anything else. Who hates it the most this year?

Kathy Orton discusses how Connecticut and Tennessee define the game, and she discusses whether that's a good thing. The folks at WCH have picked a UConn-Tennessee final.