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There\u2019s one thing Columbia women\u2019s basketball never traveled without this season.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s a poster board that coach Megan Griffith has coined the team\u2019s \u201cpotential board.\u201d The goal of it is to give players a tangible tracker of their progress as a team throughout the season, using little Lions head stickers as markers to show growth.<\/p>\n
Once a week, Griffith pulls the board out and checks in with the team.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been a great marker for us to see, like, it\u2019s not always about wins and losses but how are you responding to certain things, how are you responding to adversity in practice, not just games,\u201d senior Cecelia Collins said Wednesday.<\/p>\n
According to the potential board, Columbia still hasn\u2019t reached its ceiling. <\/p>\n
The team is hovering around 85 percent of how good Griffith and her staff believe the Lions could be.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat 15 is what everybody\u2019s looking for right now,\u201d Griffith said. \u201cWe all have it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Finding a way to tap into it is the goal, and there\u2019s no better time than the NCAA Tournament to get there.<\/p>\n
Columbia set a goal at the beginning of the season to become the first Ivy League team to reach a Sweet 16. <\/p>\n
After securing an at-large bid Sunday, Thursday\u2019s game against fellow 11th-seeder Washington in the First Four is the next step to making that dream a reality.<\/p>\n
There was a sense of calmness to Columbia before Wednesday\u2019s practice.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt does feel very familiar,\u201d Griffith said. \u201cFelt very confident and having another night of sleeping in your own bed really helped us. It helped us reset, helped us move forward. Honestly, I woke up this morning and I was ready to play.\u201d<\/p>\n
Washington (19-13, 9-9 Big Ten) and Columbia (23-6, 13-1 Ivy) are evenly matched teams.<\/p>\n
The Huskies offense has been described as \u201cmethodical\u201d and \u201csurgical\u201d in the way it attacks its opponent.<\/p>\n
They are one of the nation\u2019s top 3-point shooting teams, averaging 7.9 makes from deep per game while converting at a 37.3 percent clip on 3s.<\/p>\n
But Columbia has done plenty of homework on its opponent since Sunday\u2019s reveal.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s knowing their tendencies,\u201d senior Kitty Henderson said. \u201cWhen they\u2019re closing out, you know they want to shoot it. It\u2019s an adjustment we\u2019ve got to make. We\u2019ve been practicing for the last two days and will continue to do that today. I think knowing that is a big advantage in making them shoot the shots they don\u2019t want to shoot.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Lions didn\u2019t make it past the First Four in last year\u2019s tournament. But this time, Columbia is eager to surprise some people.<\/p>\n
\u201cWatching us should be like watching a force that just plays together the entire time and any adversity that hits, it doesn\u2019t matter,\u201d Henderson said. \u201cWe still look the same team. We\u2019re consistent throughout. I\u2019d love them to be able to see what a winning culture can do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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