Beard was happy to win the Wade, but it doesn't remove the sting of Tuesday's loss.

"I don't think anything can remove the sting because I wanted it so bad," Beard said. "Not just for me, but for my teammates and the program."

Taurasi thinks the award went to the right person. "She deserves it. She's worked hard for four years. She didn't get to come to the Final Four the way she wanted to. There's no one that had a better year than her this year."