We are well pleased with securing a No. 1 seed in terms of the regular season championship. This team is a group of individuals who look at the task ahead. They understand that there is a lot of hard work that goes into that. |
We came out and quickly put 11 points on the board. We got into the paint and got Sylvia some touches. |
We didn't pull out a marker and get on the board at halftime. We just kind of appealed to their competitive nature and challenged them in terms of where they want to go and how they want their season to play out. |
We don't want to be good. I want to make that next step to being great. We'll work on that and we'll be a better basketball team. |
We felt, coming into the game, that this game was going to be won in the paint. Bottom line, it boiled down to 42 rebounds for LSU and 27 for Duke. |
We love points in the paint. If the 3 shows early, by the right person, we're okay with it. But it's just a matter of mind-set and playing the percentages. |
We were able to defend at the highest level I've seen from this team. This game was decided with defense and our ability to take away their transition game. |
We were so engrossed in it at the time. I don't think we had the same opportunity to step back and realize how we were going through this time and how devastating it still is. |
We're looking for good things from her. |
We've talked a lot about this senior class and this program. The last time the tournament was in Little Rock, we experienced success there. This team understands there is a lot of hard work that goes into that. |
When things were a little bit sluggish for us it was always a senior who got a big rebound, hit a big shot, got a loose ball or a steal that kept us together when things weren't going real well. Those are things that are not often seen when you are winning basketball games, but I am on the inside looking out, so I see them all of the time. |
When you give up 10 3-pointers in this environment this late in the year, it's going to be a struggle. |
You couldn't use cellphones down there but I needed to call the family that was staying in Coach Gunter's home, ... They didn't answer the phone - and there was Sue's voice on the answering machine. It brought a smile to my face after all the destruction of New Orleans. |
You don't feel like an outsider, because at the end of the day it's the basketball game and everything you work for so many years coming up to this point. |
You got an early sense of what she was going to be like. And as the years go on, nothing ever changes. She?s still that superstar player with that engaging personality. |