MINNEAPOLIS -- Do-overs don't always happen in sports. The shot that bounces off the rim is the stuff of melancholy memories and difficult dreams. For athletes so used to success, the split second that can separate them is anguishing.
For South Carolina Gamecocks post player Aliyah Boston, it served as both motivation and aggravation. In last season's national semifinals, her putback attempt bounced out as the buzzer sounded, eliminating the Gamecocks with a one-point loss to Stanford. Her painful reaction, doubling over with emotion, has been replayed over and over. Not that Boston wanted or needed to see it ever again.