Taurasi on the Gophers: "They're cool, man. They're cool. They're real cool. They're just cool cats right now. They're feeling it."

But she was sad to see her friend Alana go out. "It was just hard to see Alana go out that way, knowing how good of a person she is and how hard she's worked. For her not to go back to the Final Four her senior year, it didn't sit well with me, especially because I know she was disappointed. But sometimes things work out that way."