Can the 17 year old guard her without fouling

As Luke implied, this tournament is a grinder. Even without two key players out, we're back to the Sweet 16.

Our backcourt is now led by a sophomore playing out of position, a true freshman, and a high-school senior who enrolled early.

All three play tough defense. In fact, we're hoping Cass can slow up a projected 1st round draft choice.

Perhaps my absolute favorite moment of the Miss State game is when the Bulldogs were bringing the ball upcourt and Cass stepped out, assumed her defensive position and smacked the floor and her hands. Let's go.

The will's there. Let's hope the way follows suit.

That's a whole different kind of intimidation.

But you can't have the latter without the former, on a consistent basis in my opinion, which is why I cited it.