She looks confident and relaxed, yet hungry out there. Moving well.

Having Bri back will only make her more effective. Most teams will hardly be equipped to stop one post of their kind, let alone two at once.

She came to us very skilled but she was not utilized well at Nebraska her sophomore year. But she has really blossomed. I love our forwards this year with Jess, Bri, and Vaughn. Bri looks a little rusty and her teammates have to give her the ball where she is most effective. After playing a year with Jess, they have to recalibrate a bit with Brianna, as she is less versatile than Jess offensively. But I expect amazing things from her this year as well, especially on the defensive end. She was only credited with one block but I thought she had more. Maybe I confused her and Mikayla. Vaughn was amazing as well. She didn't appear rusty. She has nice touch close to the basket, is very active on the boards, and has great timing on her blocks (4 yesterday). She has to watch out for foul trouble, but all young posts have that problem. Muffet said she wanted the team to take risks defensively, and Vaughn certainly does that!

won the COY over Muffett. Some folks never get it right. Let's prove it with back to back NCs.