The weekend games meant the elimination of eight teams and the conclusion of some wonderful college careers.

Ashley Battle won titles her first three years at UConn but couldn't add the fourth. "It's very difficult when you lose," she said. "Especially when it's a loss that ends your career at UConn. You don't want to see it end."

Katie Feenstra didn't do much against LSU, but her tournament performance certainly improved her draft status. "I really think she's 6-foot-9," Sylvia Fowles said.

Ashley Early was disappointed in her effort against Michigan State. "At the beginning of the second half, we came out flat — me in particular. Rushing shots, turnovers — I think that was the difference."

Cisti Greenwalt also had a sub-par performance in her final game; she contributed just six points and four rebounds. "There have been times when she's been a big factor for us, but sometimes against bigger, stronger people, we don't get the look that we want from her," coach Sharp said.

Deadeye shooter Caity Matter, smothered by Rutgers, went just 3 for 9. "We did not get open," she said. "We did not reverse the ball the way we wanted to."

Kylan Loney and the rest of the ASU senior class helped turn the program around. "The future is going to be amazing," she said. "I'm excited from where we came from to the things we did this year."

McCarville was sad to play her last game in the maroon and gold uniform. "I'm probably going to sleep in it tonight," she said. "I don't want to take it off."

When told that she could take comfort in knowing that she left the program in better shape than she found it, she laughed and said "that's not hard!"