Mechelle says to win #2, Candace will need help.

There is not a sense of invulnerability about Tennessee this season, but there really wasn't last year, either. So that isn't necessarily needed. But each player filling in her role while Parker does the star turn -- that is what's necessary.

Parker is as reliable as it gets: She will get her points and rebounds by game's end. She might have some quiet stretches where she's figuring out the holes in the defense. She might seem like she's not taking as much control as she should at times. She might seem frustrated for stretches.

Yet it always seems to come down to her solving whatever problems she faces. And when games are on the line, she makes sure the ball is in her hands.

Hays says to win, UConn needs Moore.

Moore leads the Huskies entering the NCAA tournament at 17.7 points per game. She scored in double figures in her first 31 college games and broke Svetlana Abrosimova's freshman scoring record at a school that has seen its share of talented newcomers. She's currently within two-tenths of a point of the best single-season scoring average Diana Taurasi managed in any of her four seasons.