She brought it. She knew we had to have that kind of leadership, and she led us into the Elite Eight. |
She is very difficult to defend on the block. She is strong. She is physical. She is aggressive. I thought she really backed us down low. And I thought she was just a beast out there on the glass. |
She really gets up and down the floor and has a tremendous amount of speed. It is going to be key for us to be able to keep her in front of us. |
She stepped up big in the second half. |
She's just going to bring so much leadership. She said 'yes' back when Maryland was not a popular choice. She took a huge leap of faith. For her to be able to believe in herself and believe in this program just shows you what an outstanding young lady she is to be able to have that kind of confidence. |
She's practiced that shot a million times in her mind...in her back yard. |
St. John's and their post players have had to battle in the Big East and go against size in the past. I definitely think both teams are athletic and get to the glass. That's going to be a huge key for the game. |
That play jump-started us. It got us our emotion and our energy. Our defensive intensity really picked up after that. |
That was a big key for us, getting past that hurdle of getting to the Sweet 16 since this team has never done that. Now I feel like the pressure is completely off of us. |
That's a tremendous accomplishment for Crystal and this team, and those kinds of awards don't happen without teammates getting you the ball. |
That's because of obviously how aggressive (the Tar Heels) play. They're in your shorts the entire game for 40 minutes. |
That's what was working. It was, 'Who could stop who?' We wanted to turn them into a jump-shooting team. |
That's what was working. That's what makes this team special. Whatever's working in terms of a game plan, we're going to ride it and go with it. |
The biggest thing is we never really treated them like freshmen. From the minute they stepped on campus, they didn't act it or behave like it. They wanted the pressure. |
The fact that it has never been done before in a conference, to have three teams is really special. I think it really validates the three teams and the conference. |