"Bria’s situation now is probably more similar to Jennifer (Rizzotti)’s as a freshman because it’s a lot of young guys that haven’t played together long. Hopefully she can turn into the kind of leader that Jennifer was. Bria needs to be more vocal."

That would also make Hartley a lot more like Montgomery.

"Bria’s better offensively than Renee was as a freshman," Auriemma said. "She’s a little bigger and can get to more places and do more things. She’s as confident as Renee but doesn’t have Renee’s personality and Bria needs to develop that. But then Renee didn’t do it until her junior year."