The only thing Brandeis should be ashamed of is a few key coaching blunders last night.  How you leave your senior gaurd on the bench for the final 17 minutes of an NCAA tournament game, hanging tired and less experienced players out to dry is absolutely beyond me.  Before the season, I read all these quotes from Coach Simon stating that guard Ali Chase '07 is a defensive star, a solid player, and "our stealth bomber".  Unfortunately, it seems that she stealthed her way out of the Brandeis gameplan, thus they fought offense with offense last night (as they've panicked and tried to do a few times this season), and lost, that simple.  Not quite sure what was going on there.

As to Newtonnancy's comment on the guards not being able to get Malcom the ball, it's alot more difficult without the defense playing for two star posts inside.  For the previous 3 or 4 years, teams have had to deal with Fitzy, Clancy, Malcom, etc., and that definately opened things up for the guards.  I mean, how do you think DeMartino racked up all those assists in the first place... But I digress...

Finally, thank you to the Brandeis seniors for the past four years, as well as the entire Brandeis team and staff.  You have helped catapult Brandeis to a new level for the school, winning the ECACs and making the NCAAs for the first time in school history, and for that you deserve far more congratulations than I can give.

On the keys to Brandeis going far, I think it all comes down to who can step up, specifically in the post position.  They've had to rotate the 2nd post all year, with Orlando and Dadaos playing big roles but others seeing some time as well (Wells saw a good amount of time for the first time since UAA play started really).  Last year they had Clancy inside, who I agree was a big, probably underrated, part of their success.  This year, they're deep in guards, but will definately need that 2nd post to score some points, if not just free up Malcom.