Pam Schmid and Tim Leighton have their Lynx post-mortems today. Everyone is basically happy with how the season went despite the nagging question: what if Katie Smith hadn't gotten hurt?

There is plenty of good news. Attendance was up this year, and paid attendance was up at least 10%. The team is still losing about a million bucks per year, but owner Glen Taylor promises it's not going anywhere.

"I really like the team," Taylor said. "I am excited about women's basketball. I saw how excited people got about the Gophers, and know that can happen (with the Lynx)."

(Hats off again to Taylor. He has proven his personal and financial commitment to women's basketball. As I've said before, he's no Gordon Gund.)

Everyone also agrees that the team needs to find some backcourt help. "With Katie going down, that hole which we knew existed got magnified," COO Roger Griffith said. "But even before that, we knew it was a priority. Now it's the top priority."

Still no word about whether Teresa will be back. "I'm spontaneous so you never know," she said. "It's not that big of a deal. ... I'm too old anyway."