Women's Hoops Blog

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Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Some notes about the DII teams/players particpating in the Elite Eight:

- UC San Diego's starting guard Kacie Kostlan will play despite an apparent torn acl.

- Drury State's assistant coach Carly Stubblefield laughs at the difference between herself as a player (Missouri State) vs. a coach.

"The players will tell you that I scream constantly to block out," Stubblefield said. "As a player, I never did it. But now it's the most irking thing to me."

- Florida Gulf Coast Karl Smesko reflects on what it's been like to take a team from (literally) nothing in 2001 to the Elite Eight.

When I first got here, there were less than 2,000 students and few administration buildings and residence halls. And a women's basketball program was just a dream. But the plan was for growth.

"Now, there's more than 10,000 students. We have a fantastic athletic complex. We're adding a football program in the future. We're playing for a national championship."