Top talent, lack of parity among top points in chat with ESPN expert
Carolyn Peck, a former college and pro women's basketball head coach now with ESPN, shares opinions on women's basketball and the Women's Final Four.
The Arizona Republic spoke with former women's college basketball head coach and assistant coach Carolyn Peck, now a women's basketball analyst for ESPN, for her thoughts on the April 3-5 Women's Final Four in Phoenix this week. Peck will be in Phoenix this week for periodic appearances on ESPN's "SportsCenter," and will be covering the WNBA expansion draft on Friday, April 3, and the open practices the next day for the two teams in the NCAA championship game. Question: What makes these matchups (Texas vs.
UCLA, UConn vs. South Carolina) so intriguing? Answer: In the semifinals, you have the rematch of last year's final between Connecticut and South Carolina.
You've got Texas and UCLA, who met earlier this season; that was the only loss UCLA has had. So I think we've got the heavyweights meeting in Phoenix. How would you say we arrived at these same four teams as last year?
What does that say about these programs? Peck: Number one, when you get a taste of what it's like to get to the Final Four, you realize what it has taken to get there. As soon as your season ends, and if you didn't finish as the champion, you want to do everything to correct or fine-tune what it takes for you to get back to the Final Four for an opportunity to compete for a national championship.