The Huskies were confident they would benefit from last year's tournament experience and this year's recent imperfections.
Both coaches want their teams to play well Friday and enjoy their tournament experience.
In the South, too, tournament experience is powering late-season runs.
The Golden Eagles, after all, had more tournament experience than the Cougars.
For all their tradition of beating higher-seeded teams, Walton is the only current Tiger with any tournament experience.
In 1940 and 1941 I got more regional tournament experience and won more junior titles.
Harvard had two years of tournament experience and the nation's leading scorer that season in Allison Feaster.
The word "business" appeared again and again in their observations as they remembered the unfulfilling tournament experience of a year ago.
They expect to defeat club regulars who have less tournament experience, but they sometimes receive a shock.
It goes on to describe how Belkin was an excellent clay court play without any tournament experience on grass.