[She] continues just to be incredibly strong. Loves to rebound, can run the floor extremely well, and this year she's added more of an offensive dimension. She's just a little more offensive minded this season. |
All of those players have had good experience, and I've always thought that probably the biggest leap in your development comes between your freshman and sophomore years, for most individuals. I think Stacy and Abby have both proved that to be true this year. They've both made very, very good leaps for us. |
Even if they're not in the starting lineup, they're going to play so much time. So we're going to be an incredibly young basketball team. |
Hopefully, the team used it as motivation throughout the summer, |
I can't even think, if it continued that way, what would have happened. It wouldn't have been very pretty. On the other hand, having the experience like this, with the comeback, can build great confidence. Do you want it to happen? No, you never want to be down 17-2. But, the best possible outcome came out of this. |
I don't ever want to leave anything to chance. |
I don't ever want to leave anything to chance. We want to go as deep into this tournament as possible. Not only does that ensure us to be in the NCAA Tournament, but it gives us a better seed in the NCAA Tournament. We have to do everything possible to make that happen. |
I don't know that a win here puts us in, but a loss here hurts us quite a bit. Last year, that was one that we did point to and say maybe this kept us out. |
I don't remember being part of a game that got off to such a bad start and where we were able to come back. I thought it was an incredible test of character. Crystal really challenged our team with a gut-check in our timeout. She was pretty emotional about how to change the level of play. |
I don't think it can hurt. Can it help? I'm not sure. Until you're in those meetings, I don't think you really know. |
I feel like apologizing to our fans because this really isn't the way we've been playing. I feel bad that we didn't have our team prepared today. |
I hope that this game doesn't become the deciding factor. I hope that they'll look at our Big Ten schedule as a whole and our body of work, rather than just a one-game performance. |
I really felt like our offense never flowed very well. They did a good job of taking us out of our offense. |
I think eighth grade is really the earliest. You can tell there's a special kid there at that young of an age. |
I think like last year, it's a 50-50 chance. I think we have a better resume than last year, because we have two Top 25 wins. |