Michael Owen Baker / AP)
LOS ANGELES — Odd as it may seem now, coach Ryun Williams had legitimate concerns about this Colorado State women's basketball team before the season.
Safe to say, things turned out all right. In fact, the 2015-16 season was one of the best in program history for the Rams, who lost just two games by a total of four points following Saturday's 48-45 loss to South Florida in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
The Becky Hammon-led 1998-99 CSU team that went to the Sweet 16 remains the program's best ever.