When Tiffany Hayes arrived at UConn in the summer of 2008, she was part of a loaded four-member recruiting class that included top-ranked prospect Elena Delle Donne, No. 10 Caroline Doty and No. 31 Heather Buck.
The expectations for 2011 ESPNU's highest-ranked recruit, who will be coming to women's basketball's most successful program of the last 10 years, were already high enough. Those expectations increased exponentially when she took UConn legend and recent graduate Maya Moore's number, 23.
After missing all of last season with ACL injury, junior guard ready to make up for lost time
On Sunday, shooting guard Caroline Doty will return to the court for the first time in a year and a half. After three ACL tears, she'll put her rehab, attitude and body to the test.
Pressure is a funny thing. Physics tells us it's a matter of force and area, yet the growing pit we all get in our stomachs as the clock ticks tells us something entirely different.