The three days between the semifinal and the national championship game felt both strange and elongated. Time seemed to move in peculiar ways—sometimes racing ahead, making it hard to prepare, and at other times dragging on, making it challenging to simply endure. Media requests multiplied by the hour, with national outlets joining in, not just the regional ones. ESPN even sent an actual crew instead of just a stringer! There was a wire service reporter who requested an impressive forty-five minutes with Reese alone, but Coach Halloran skillfully negotiated that down to a more manageable fifteen minutes.
She managed to handle it even better than she had anticipated, mostly because the questions had, thankfully, shifted their focus. No one inquired about her living situation anymore. No on
