I'm already thinking about how we can build on who is coming back and who is coming in. And I don't want to waste a day. |
I'm happy we were successful and I felt like we got great contributions from different people. We rebounded well and we played good defense, but we need to do a better job offensively. |
I'm just glad we got there early. That was a serious situation. It wasn't a laughing matter. |
I'm not sure any player has had as immediate and great an impact as she has. Her numbers are incredible. |
I'm really proud of how well we played. |
I'm surprised when she misses. I think she's going to make every one. |
Ideally, I'd like to have an eight-or-nine player rotation, and I'd like to include another perimeter contributor. |
If somebody had said at the beginning of the year, or in December or January or February, that this team would go to the Elite Eight, I would have jumped for joy. But right at this second, I can't tell you that I'm jumping for joy. |
If that's true, it affects everyone, and we just have to play better defense and rebound better. It's a good thing we've been beating that horse all season long, because it will put more pressure on our rebounding. |
In some ways, I think it was the most improved situation. She's able to show what she can do in Sacramento, and it doesn't surprise me at all. |
In the first half, we didn't shoot well and I thought we played tight. We wanted to go inside to Brooke (Smith) and (Kristen) Newlin and they delivered. |
In the old days, before the tournament, there was more significance to these games. Now it's about seeding for the (conference) tournament. We are in control of our own destiny. There are so many really good teams and every game is important, it's not that one takes on any more significance than the others. |
It doesn't give you the momentum you like. But we've got to take it and turn it into something positive. ... They are extremely aggressive. Their 'Big Three' came to play and brought some others with them. They made some big momentum plays. |
It has helped us that the bracket is so similar. We put things in practice that everybody's done, and I feel like our team is prepared. |
It impressed upon me to appreciate the journey, not to look forward to the end. I've learned to appreciate the fact that we had a great practice or a great game today. |