After the break, it doesn't get any easier for us. We're excited to play Rice, who is coming off a great season, and Virginia, one of the best teams in the ACC, at home. We know we have an awesome challenge after that in DePaul, continuing what has been a great series over the years. |
After we lost to Louisville, we were in a must-win situation against St. John's. The loss made everyone hone in with a sense of urgency. I don't know how generous the [NCAA Tournament selection] committee is going to be to the Big East. |
All-American players go from four points in the first half to 20. |
Down the stretch you've got to play your best basketball. We can do it in practice, but we haven't been able to translate it on a consistent basis in the games. |
Erin has been capable of that all year. And it hadn't happened, and it's a tough thing for such an incredible shooter like she is. She's a pure shooter, one of the purest. And I give the team credit because once she hit the first one, the team found her for the next three. |
Everyone was fighting the battle (tonight). |
I don't think any of them understood (college basketball) until they got used to the incredible focus it take, the scouting reports, all the film. It was a challenge, and now it's become routine for them. |
I just reminded them that we're a much better team with energy. We had been too busy analyzing (the game), and there had not been enough reacting. |
I sound like a broken record, but I can't express enough how excited our team is to play this deep into March. This experience is making us a much better basketball team. |
I thought we played much better in the second half, but we missed bunnies, shots our players would normally make, late in the game. These things happen. It's not the end of the world. You just change your focus and get ready for the next game. Like with a win, you have to forget about it and move on to the next game. You have to do the same with a loss like this. |
IBM Tucson is exceptionally interested in participating in many, many parts of the community, especially where we can focus on K-12 and higher education. |
If I had to say why we started the way we did it was because we wanted it so bad. We knew what to do but we were a step slow on everything. And I just like how we grew in our confidence, we never lost focus on the game plan, and after the game got going, emotions were put aside and we just played basketball. |
If the ball is always in one person's hands, the defense will key in on that person. Having multiple people handle the ball is harder to defend. |
It will definitely help us to play at Connecticut right before heading to the BIG EAST Conference Tournament. We feel that we will be fortunate to get a chance to experience that environment before embarking on the conference tournament. |
It's a focus for us. You want to be the queen. It's whatever we can do to get our players' attention. |