Monique showed why she's the best player in the ACC and one of, if not the best player in the nation. When it comes crunch time and we need her, she's a gamer and she wants the ball in her hands. |
Most definitely. They run it every game, and since they had success against us at the end of the game, we'll probably see it a little sooner in this game. |
Now you're forced to be ready to play every night. |
Obviously we've been on the road. We read the papers. But when you come back from winning a regional and a trip to the Final Four, and the headline is not actually about your team, it's about another team, it makes it a little tough. |
Obviously, we've got to do a better job of taking care of the basketball. I'm not quite sure why we're turning the ball over more now. I don't think we're seeing any greater pressure than we're seeing all year long. I just think we're not as focused as we need to be and not making great decisions with the basketball. |
Once she gets into your head, she changes the things you want to do. She has people thinking that she might block their shot. |
Once we got the lead we were anxious and we took two quick shots and then they came down the scored. We made our run and they withstood it. |
Once we got the lead, we were still anxious. I think it took the wind out of our sails a little bit and we were a little fatigued at that point. |
Other than Cameron it has been our second favorite place to play. The fans do such a tremendous job. It's a wonderful atmosphere - one we always cherish. |
Our bench is pretty productive. We have quality depth. I feel our bench is as productive as any in the country. |
Our focus around practices have been the best of the season for two weeks straight. It's been kind of nice. |
Overall, I was really pleased and I thought it was a great team effort. Everybody coming off the bench played really well for us and that's important. |
Parity is a great thing for the sport, but I think we?re still 5-10 years away from reaching the same level. There are more upsets, but only in the early rounds, if you consider those upsets. There?s still a lot we have to do to get to a desirable level, and there are so many things to consider. It?s happening a little bit now, but you?re not going to see everything change all in one tournament. |
People that aren't typically women's basketball fans, if they just tune in for a little bit and see them play, they'll come back for more. |
Players want to win championships. They want to win conference championships, they want to win a tournament championship. .. Players want to be able to cut down nets -- it doesn't matter what the nets are, they want to cut down nets. |