The legendary Amy Ruley left some big shoes to fill when she retired as North Dakota State's head coach. In her 29 years she guided the Bison to five Division II national titles and then took them into Division I. She also won 671 games in her career and was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.

New head coach Carolyn DeHoff ain't skeered. A player and captain for Arizona State, she's worked for 17 years at the D-I level.

"We're going to talk about a standard of excellence here. It's not going to be good enough just to be 19-11," DeHoff said. "A standard of excellence is going to be: 'You're going win 20-plus games, and you're going to cut down those nets and you're going to make those NCAA tournament appearances.'"