(Dennis Nett)
Syracuse, N.Y. — She's very much aware of life's little blessings, but there is a huge one out there … and Tammi Reiss is only too happy to acknowledge it.
"I'm just going to say this now because our kids have no idea," she declared earlier this week. "But as far as Dawn goes, thank God she won't be on the court. Thank God she's not playing."
Reiss, the Syracuse University assistant — the one with the hair and the wardrobe, which makes her distinguishable from her boss, Quentin Hillsman, who only has the wardrobe — was speaking of Dawn Staley.