[The team] really did surprise me. Losing our point guard from last year right before the season hurt us. I know they really wanted to win, but we really didn't have that much experience. |
Hopefully we'll remember that loss to Shaw was just one game. Shaw came out and played like a team that had won three straight conference championships. We need to play aggressively like they did. |
I don't know who was more nervous, me or the players. I was a little bit antsy before the game, and we played a really good first half -- not as good late in the second. But we needed to win a ball game, and we did that. |
I think we did a good job sticking to the game plan we started with. The kids came out and played. We weren't really concentrating on 3-pointers. We wanted to go inside and get easy baskets. |
I'm surprised. A lot of time you think about teams that have won championships getting these types of awards. Maybe they were impressed with our improvement. |
I'm trying to remember what we did so well in that game, it was so long ago. I know we were doing a good job communicating. When you get this late in the season everybody is good. If they don't have a great record, then they know what it takes to win a tournament. |
Lisa is a leader both on and off the court. She's like a big sister to a lot of the younger players. |
She had already played Division I, and we needed another post player. |
She has been a big part of our success, and I think the fact the team got better every year inspired her to keep coming back. |
She was hard not to notice. I was just walking around and spotted her. I asked her if she had played basketball before and if she'd come out for the team. She said she'd think about it, and the next time I talked to her, she said she would come out. |
Thank God, thank God! I didn't say anything to her but to go up and hit the free throws. Karla's a shooter. |
They're a very strong team. They're disciplined, and Brown is a really good scorer. They're going to be very aggressive, just like Shaw. |
They've got a lot of people who can score. And I always think we're the underdog. If we were to beat them on their court, it would mean a lot to our program. |
We knew we wouldn't be at home, so we're happy to be nearby in Raleigh. It gives us a chance to get our fans there, and we're familiar with the court. |
We'd been hitting our free throws all year. We just didn't do it today. |