Throughout the entire 2019-20 season, Boston College women's basketball head coach Joanna Bernabei-McNamee never mentioned the NCAA Tournament. She never estimated her team's chances of dancing in March and never wanted to fill her players' heads with a future fantasy. She would only focus on the Eagles' next game and challenge with a one-track mind on the present tense.
Following BC's 82-75 defeat against NC State on Saturday, Joanna Bernabei-McNamee, the coach that always looked at the present tense, finally gave herself the moment to appeal to the NCAA Selection Committee.
"I just hope we get to show the NCAA Tournament what we're made of," she said, "because I'm proud of the fight these ladies had.