We Are Still So Proud

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/30/sports/ncaabasketball/30baylor.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Baylor%20Womens%20Basketball&st=cse

When It Counts Most, Texas A&M Beats Baylor:

The second-seeded Aggies are headed to their first Final Four, and if nobody celebrated with more zest than Adams, it was because in three previous losses to the Lady Bears this season, her self-belief and patience were severely tested.  

Senior Danielle Adams blamed her lack of scoring on her own impatience, saying she rushed her shots.  It was like listening to golfers insist the Eisenhower Pine on the 17th hole at Augusta National doesn't influence their shots.  

Baylor’s 6-foot-8 sophomore Brittney Griner, the loblolly pine of women’s basketball, causes her opponents to alter their shots by her mere presence.  Texas A&M (31-5) will face Stanford, which is appearing in its fourth consecutive Final Four, in a national semifinal.  

After the Lady Bears’ 61-58 win in the Big 12 title game, Mulkey said that she shook hands with Blair and told him she looked forward to meeting again in the Final Four. It didn’t set well with her that one of the programs would move on to Indianapolis at the other’s expense.  

Yes, it might have been at the other's expense, but all of Baylor University can agree that we, Lady Bears, played a great season and a very competitive one to be precise.  We earned it, but it just did not fall in our favor.  After all, we were the top-seed to begin with.  

Although it is a first Final Four Aggie celebration for the ages, it would have just been another Baylor Final Four repeat...