The 6-foot-7 Betts, who says she is playing less timid this season, is the most prominent player on the nation’s No. 1 team and she’s on a particular roll.
One of coach Cori Close’s mantras has prevailed throughout the season: toughness. “You cannot give toughness,” Close said Wednesday. “You cannot hope it into place. You have to earn toughness.
As a big three of serious contenders emerges ahead of the pack in a deep conference, Illinois women’s basketball beat writer and AP Top 25 voter Joe Vozzelli ranks all 18 Big Ten teams: South Carolina ...