Geno is trying to motivate the Huskies by reminding them about the loss to 'Nova last year and their failure to win the Big East tournament.

"If you're Barbara Turner, and you're really ticked off that your freshman year, you lost the tournament final ... we'll find out. If you're Diana, and you know Sue Bird won four, and you can only win three ... I would venture to say they'll be pretty jacked up for that tournament."

Seems to be working. Says Taurasi: "You always have an edge when you want something that you didn't get."