Late last week, Courtney Banghart was reflecting on how she built her third Carolina team.
"The sophomore class was huge," she says. "The star power of Deja (Kelly) set the tone. And then the rest of the class, their goodness and the way they committed to the journey and trusted me was huge. Add that to someone like Jaelynn (Murray), a senior who no one realizes the size of her heart. I've never been around a kid who plays less who means more.
"Then we were able to add in Eva (Hodgson) and Carlie (Littlefield), and the thing they've brought is a mid-major attitude with high-major game.