That loss was a week ago, and did not really play a factor at all. I'm a little disappointed with our effort overall, but I'm happy that we came away with a win. |
That was a really good start for us. Now we know it gets much more difficult from here on out. We'll prepare for that. ... We're not kidding ourselves; we know that's not going to happen again. |
That was not a good situation for us. Lindsey runs the show for us. |
That was probably the most beautiful ugly win we've had in the history of our program. Connecticut did a fantastic job. It was a war out there. They made us work for everything. |
That was the most beautiful ugly win we've ever had. We're just elated to be going back to the Final Four. |
That's been the biggest difference for us from last year to this year. Last year we only had eight players. This year we've got the depth.... We just keep rotating people in and it allows our starters to stay fresh. |
That's the great thing about our team. We have tremendous depth. It depends on the day who is playing well for us. |
That's the great thing about the women's game. The players are very approachable. They haven't been tainted by stardom. They just come to play. |
The chemistry was incredible. It was a great learning experience for me and my staff. (The team) was eager to please, they worked hard. There were no egos. |
The fact that they are playing with great freedom -- they seem to have a chip on their shoulder while they've been here, talking about respect. I don't think that anyone now could possibly not respect them. It would be interesting to see if they can still say that because, in my mind, they've beaten the No. 1 team (North Carolina) in the country twice so I see them right now as the No. 1 team in the country. |
Their pressure once again caused us problems. We did not play with a whole lot of poise.... I wouldn't say it's an easy fix, I would say it's a mentality. Once again I feel like we need to become mentally tougher. |
There were several years where we really dominated and didn't lose any games for a couple of years. I don't know how good that was for us because we weren't tested on a daily basis. |
They avoid conflict as long as possible, |
They avoid conflict as long as possible. Then they explode in stressful situations like when it's a tie game, when you need a cohesive unit. |
They decided to try and take away our inside game and played a zone, particularly in the first half, and that left our shooters wide open. Then in the second half we got our inside game going. |