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COACHES WE HAVE.
>> Dave: TURNER RATTLING IN
A LONG ONE.
FINAL SECONDS IN DENVER.
BAYLOR, 40 AND 0!
THELADY BEARS HAVE A NATIONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2012.
>> [CHEERING AND APPLAUDING].
>> [CROWD NOISE].
>> [CHEERING AND APPLAUDING].
>> Dave: BAYLOR BECOMES THE 7TH
DEFEED TEAM TO WIN THE
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
THEY DEFEATED NOTRE DAME 80-61.
RAREFIED AIR FOR THE LADY BEARS.
IRST TEAM TO FINISH
A SEASON 40 AND 0.
CONGRATULATIONS TO BAYLOR.
LET'S GO TO REBECCA LOBO WITH
BRITTNEY GRINER.
>> YOU HAD A SOLID FIRST HALF.
IN THE SECOND NOTRE DAME COULD
NOT STOP YOU.
HO WERE YOU ABLE TO DOMINATE IN
THE SECOND 20 MINUTES?
>> JUST STAYING FOCUSED.
STAYING WITH OUR PLAN.
MY GUARDS GOT ME THE BALL.
>> YOU HAD THIS UNFINISHED
BUSINESS.
THAT'S BEEN THE EAM'S MOTTO.
HOW GRATIFYING WAS IT TO HAVE
A FULL TEAM EFFORT?
>> IT WAS GREAT.
EVERYBODY WAS A PART OF THE WIN
AND DID WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO.
WE DID IT.
>> 40 AND 0 NEVEBEEN DONE
BEFORE.
WHAT IS IT LIKE TO WIN THIS?
>> I CAN'T EVEN GIVE YOU WORDS.
I AM COMING HOME TO BAYLOR.
>> OV TO HOLLY ROWE WITH COACH
MULKEY.
>> AT 1-POINT THEY PULLED WITHIN
6.
WHAT CHANGED?
>> WE WERE COMPOSED.
WE HAVE SEEN IT ALL.
WE HAD TEAMS MAKERUNS AT US.
THEY PLAYED FOR THENAONAL
CHAMPIONSHIP LAST YEAR.
WE KEPT OUR COMPOSURE.
GRINER GOT TOUCHES.
I AM SO HAPPY.
>> ODYESSEY SIMS IS JUST
A SOPHOMORE BUT PLAYED LIKE
A VETERAN.
>> YOU SAW THE BEST POINT GUARD
IN THE COUNTRY TODAY.
ODYESSEY SIMS KNEW WHEN TO SHOOT
IT AND WHEN TO R.
SHE HIT BIG SHOTS.
>> THE SLOGAN ALL YEAR HAS BEEN
UNFISHED BUSINESS F THE LADY
BEARS.
AFTER THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
GAME, THAT BUSINESS IS NOW
FINISHED.
WELCOME TO OUR "SPORTSCENTER"
COVERAGE HERE FROM DENVER.
GLAD YOU'RE HERE WITH US.
TREY WINGO HERE.
LOTS TO GET TO INCLUDING THE
PRESENTATION CEREMONY OF THE
NATIONAL TITLE TROPHY.
FOR THAT, LET'S GO BACK DOWN TO
THE FLOOR.
BEFORE WE GET THERE, LET'S GET
WHE SAW HERE TONIGHT.
AN ABSOLUTELY DOMINANT SECOND
HALF BY THE DOMINANT TEAM IN
BASKETBALL ALL YEAR.
>> YOU WANT TO PUT A CAP ON AN
UNDEFEATED CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON,
GET ON THE SHOULDERS OF BRITTNEY
GRINER.
8 ITHE SECOND HALF, 26
POINTS AND 13 REBOUNDS, EARLY
DOMINATING PERFORMANCE FOR THE
JUNIOR CENTER.
WHAT A JOY KIM MULKEY HAD.
SHE CAN CALL HER NUMBER AND SAY,
LISTEN, BIG GIRL, GO TO WORK,
BECAUSE PUT DO, WE'LL BE CUTTING
DOWN THE NETS AND THAT'S WHAT
SHE DID.
>> SHE ABSOLUTELY WENT TO WORK
IN THE SECOND HALF.
THEY BUILT A 14-POINT LEAD IN
THE FIRST HALF, AND AS YOU KNEW
NOTRE DAME WOULD, SIX AT THE
BREAK BUT THEN IN THE SECOND
HALF, IT WAS AS IF BRITTNEY SAID
I'M THE BEST PLAYER, WE'RE THE
BEST TEAM AND I'LL TAKE THIS
WHERE WE NEED TO GO.
>> GRINER SING HANDILY GOT NOTRE
DAME IN FOUL TROUBLE.
NOTRE DAME DIDN'T HAVE AN
ANSWER.
THEY TRIED DIFFERENT DEFENSES.
THERE WAS JUST NO ANSWER FOR HER
DOMINATION AND JUST HER EFFECT
ON THE DEFENSIVE END AS WELL.
>> I THINK KIM MULKEY SUMMED IT
UP.
SHE SAID THE BEST POINT GUARD
WAS ODYSSEY SIMS, MANAGING THE
GAME AND CONTRIBUTING THE
BASKETBALL.
NOT TRYING TO FORCE IT BUT
KNOWING WHEN TO ATTACK, WHEN TO
SCORE AND WHEN TO FIND THE OTHER
PLAYERS ON THE FLOOR.
GREAT JOB BY THE SOPHOMORE.
>> SHE FOULED OUT OF THE GAME
BUT SHE ABSOLUTELY WAS THE
DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THIS.
BRITTNEY DOES WHAT BRITTNEY DOES
BUT BRITTNEY CAN'T DO WHAT
BRITTNEY DOES IF ODYSSEY SIMS
DOESN'T PUT HER IN THE RIGHT
POSITION WITH THE BALL.
>> GREAT DEFENSIVE PRESSURE ON
THE OPPONENTS AND GUARDS.
I THOUGHT THE DEFENSIVERESSURE
NOT JUST BY SI SIMS CHALLENGED
NOTRE DAME.
>> THE BEARS ARE CUSHION DOWN
-- BEARS ARE CUTTING DOWN THE
NETS.
>> WE VE THE DIVISION I
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL COMMITTEE
CHAIRPERSON.
>> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FIRST
OF ALL, ON BEHALF OF THE NCAA
AND EVERYONE HERE, LET'S
CONGRATULATE -- NOTRE DAME ON
ANOTHER WONDERFUL CHAMPIONSHIP
RUN.
[APPLAUSE]
AND COACH, AND THE BAYLOR BES,
WHAT WONDERFUL CHAMPIONSHIP
GAME.
THIS IS A FABULOUS TEAM.
WE'RE SO PROUD OF ALL OF YOU,
AND HERE'S YOUR CHAMPIONSHIP
TROPHY.
[APPLAUSE]
>> COACH MULKEY, THIS IS A VERY
SPECIAL MOMENT FOR YOU.
YOU'VE EXPERIENCED THIS AS A
PLAYER, AN ASSISTANT COACH AND
HEAD COACH.
THE ONLY PERSON IN HISTORY TO BE
ABLE TO SAY THAT.
HOW IS IT DIFFERENT EACH AND
EVERY TIME YOU GET THIS SWEET
MOMENT?
>> FIRST OF ALL, IT'S NOT ABOUT
E.
I'VE BEEN BLESSED TO PLAY AT A
GREAT PROGRAM AT LOUISIANA TECH
IT'S ABOUT THESE KIDS.
I'M HAPPIEST, I'M HAPPIEST FOR
THE BAYLOR PEOPLE, BUT I'M MOST
HAPPY FOR TWO KIDS ON OUR TEAM
THAT HAVE NEVER WON A
CHAMPIONSHIP AND THAT'S ODYSSEY
SIMS AND BRINEY GRINER AND
JORDAN MADDEN.
>> COACH, I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO
BE AT MANY OF YOUR PRACTICES AND
AT ALMOST EVERY SINGLE PRACTICE
I'VE BEEN AT YOU'VE REMINDED
THEM OF THAT.
HOW HAVE YOU USED THAT AS
MOTIVATION FOR THEM TO BECOME
CHAMPIONS?
>> THEY LET ME COACH THEM.
I HAVE A UNIQUE RELATIONSHIP
WITH MY PLAYERS.
I'VE PLAYED THIS GAME.
I'VE PUT THOSE TENNIS SHOES ON.
I MAY GET AWAY WITH THINGS THAT
MOST COACHES DON'T BUT THOSE
KIDS PLAY HARD FOR ME BECAUSE
THEY KNOW I'VE GOT THEIR BACK.
[APPLAUSE]
>> COACH, YOU'VE HAD A UNIQUE
PLAYER INRITTNEY GRINER.
I REMEMBER WHEN SHE CAME TO YOU
AFRESHMAN
YOU HAD TO GET SOME ADVICE ON
HOW TO COACH HER.
WHAT'S MADE HER SPECIAL AND SO
COACHABLE FOR YOU THIS SEASON?
>> BRITTNEY GRINER MAY GO DOWN
IN HISTORY AS THE MOST DOMINANT
POST PLAYER ESPECIALLY ON THE
DEFENSIVE END.
BRITTNEY GRINER COMES TO WORK
EVERY DAY.
A LOT OF GREAT PLAYERS THINK
THEY ARE ALL OF THAT, AND THEY
GO THROUGH DRILLS AND THEY COME
TO PRACTIC A DOG IT.
THAT CHILD COMES TO WORK AND
BRINGS HER WOR ETHIC HERE EVERY
DAY.
>> I HAVE THE HONOR OF TELLING
YOU THE MOST OUTSTANDING PLAYER
AT THIS YEAR'S NCAA FINAL FOUR
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IS
BRITTNEY GRINER.
[APPLAUSE]
>> NOW, BRITTNEY, I KNOW YOU GET
SO MUCH ATTENTION, DEFENSIVELY.
IN THE MEDIA, EVERYBODY FOCUSES
ON YOU, BUT HOW MUCH DID YOUR
TEAMMATES SUPPORT YOU THIS
SEASON EVERY STEP OF THE WAY?
>> WE WOULDN'T BE HERE WITHOUT
MY TEAM.
I CAN'T DO ALL THE AWARDS, NONE
OF THAT MEANS ANYTHING, IF I
DON'T HAVE MY TEAM HERE, WE
COULDN'T GET THIS.
>> KNOW YOU GUYS SAID 40-0 IS
NOT A BIG DEAL BUT WHEN YOU GROW
UP AND LOOK BACK ON THIS MOMENT,
WHAT WILL YOU THINK?
>> JUST LOOKING BACK, I'M ALWAYS
GOING TO REMEMBER THIS MOMENT.
I'M ALWAYS GOING TO REMEMBER
BEING HERE WITH MY TEAM.
>> ODYSSEY SIMS, YOU WERE A KEY
CONTRIBUTOR TONIGHT.
HOW DIFFICULT WAS YOUR DEFENSIVE
ASSIGNMENT AND HOW DID YOU
BUCKLE DOWN AND GET IT DONE
TONIGHT?
>> IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT.
I HAD A BIG TASK ON MY HANDS
GUARDING SKYLAR DIGGINS.
>> COACH MULKEY IS *** HER
POINT GUARDS.
HOW HAS HER TOUGHNESS MADE YOU A
TTER PYE AND A CHAMPION
PLAYER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
YOUR CAREER?
>> SHE'S HELPED ME SINCE I'VE
BEEN A FRESHMAN.