A year and a half ago, when Texas knocked Minnesota out of the '03 tournament, Kala Bowers absolutely shredded us. We had no one to guard someone so tall on the perimeter, and she was excellent in transition.

Last year, Bowers had an illness that sidelined her for much of the postseason.

Now she's back. A Lobo fan wrote in with this report on Kala's performance in The Pit:

We started calling her the 'stealth weapon.' Her defense is really really solid, she has hops (we had no idea!), and does all those important things off the ball that often get overlooked. We've always known she was a great shooter. As she gets her conditioning back she's going to be a big help come tournament time.

Bowers herself wrote up this diary entry on the plane trip from Albuquerque back to Austin.