I just feel utter disappointment for my players and my seniors. |
I just feel utter disappointment right now for my players and specifically for my seniors. It's killing me right now. Not for myself, but for my players. |
I knew they were going to come out fighting and battling and they did. When you've got a team with such tradition and at home, it's a very dangerous combination. |
I think [the fans] have a huge impact on the game, and on our opponents, and on our own team. I think we give each other energy. There's no place like [Cameron Indoor Stadium] in America and especially for women's basketball, nobody gets an opportunity to play in that environment. So when we have that opportunity, we want to make the most of it. |
I think Ali changes the game at both ends of the floor but specifically on defense. It allows our guards to really pressure the ball and get up in the passing lanes, because they know if they get beat they've got Ali back there waiting to help them out. |
I think being able to get to the Final Four four times is pretty nice. I feel very good about it. I know our team is going to be successful throughout my career so I don't feel the pressure of trying to win another game or win two more games. I know that we can. |
I think both teams take pride in their defense. |
I think it was good for us mentally. We haven't blown a team out in a while, and I think it was good for our confidence. |
I think it was good for us mentally. We haven't blown a team out in a while. ... Confidence is sometimes such a fleeting thing. Honestly, this game was probably better for us mentally than physically other than to get the rust off. |
I think it was their pressure. And that's not just your point guard, it was all of us. They're extremely aggressive and very physical, and I don't think we responded to their physical play very well. |
I think it's much more difficult to keep players happy nowadays. We live in what I call a fast-food society, where we all want immediate gratification. We want what we want and we want it now. |
I think it's quality depth. A lot of teams have a lot of players, but our bench is productive, probably as productive as any team in the country. |
I think Ivory really stretches out defenses. She takes over five 3-pointers a game. Lindsey takes a little over one. I think that's probably the biggest difference is that Ivory looks for that 3-point shot and forces the defenses to really stretch when she does that. |
I think sometimes, when we hit our buckets and get some stops defensively, all of the sudden you look up and you're up by 10. We can be kind of methodical. When something's working for us, we keep going to it. |
I think that ignited them. |