For Baylor, Business Is Finished Krista Pirtle of The Lariat at Baylor University has been filing reports about the top-ranked Baylor Lady Bears throughout the season for The Quad. The Baylor Lady Bears took care of what they referred to as "unfinished business" when they defeated Notre Dame 80-61 on Tuesday night. "Now you can see we did something," sophomore Odyssey Sims said. Baylor is the first team in N.C.A.A. Division I history to finish the season with 40 victories, doing it with the top R.P.I. in the nation. "We finally did it," Griner said. The unfinished business is over. The Lady Bear become the seventh undefeated women's national basketball champion, joining Texas (1986), Tennessee (1998), and Connecticut (1995, 2002, 2009, 2010). "There is no significance in 40-0 right now," Baylor Coach Kim Mulkey said. "Because the only words coming out of our mouths today are "national champions."" Juniors Brittney Griner and Jordan Madden and Sims never won a championship in high school. "I'm just so happy," Mulkey said. "That old saying, "You're so happy you cry," I can't quit crying." Griner was the tournament's most outstanding player, and the all-tournament team was made up of Sims, Baylor's junior Destiny Williams, Notre Dame junior Skylar Diggins and Stanford senior Neka Ogwumike. "It's dedication that we put in," Williams said. We put in a lot of work in the summer. We're just excited to finally get the championship. We're just ready to celebrate it and enjoy it with our families and teammates. Griner, led the Lady Bears with a double-double, 26 points and 13 rebounds on Tuesday. Sims had 19 points and four assists. Baylor shot 50 percent from the floor on the evening, while only allowing the Irish 35 percent. "Our defense is what led us all year," Williams said. We frustrated our opponents. I think our defense is one of a kind. Junior Skylar Diggins led the Irish with 20 points followed by Kayla McBride with 11. In November, Natalie Novosel scored 28 points in a game against Baylor but on Tuesday was held without a field goal, finishing with five points from the free throw line. The Irish hit only 36 percent of their shots in the final half while the Lady Bears were 63 percent from the floor, a perfect three for three from beyond the arc. "We're going to guard people," Mulkey said. Everyone talked about it being Notre Dame's offense versus our defense. We scored 94 on them last time, we scored 80 today. We can score with the best of them. Defense wins championships. Don't ever forget that. All of Baylor's starters will return for the 2012-2013 season. The Lady Bears" senior class of Terran Condrey, Lindsay Palmer and Ashley Field finished their four-year careers with a record of 131-19 with one national title, two Final Four appearances, four N.C.A.A. tournament trips and five Big 12 titles (two regular season, three tournament.) "At Baylor they used to not let the Baptists dance," Mulkey said. I bet they're dancing now.