It's been really hard for us to play the way we played tonight. To score inside and out, to play good defense?there's really not a whole lot not to be happy about tonight. |
It's great that the NCAA has seen fit to grant Ebony this sixth year, ... Hopefully, her rehab will continue to go well and the doctors will clear her. Regardless, I'm excited that Ebony has this option. |
Let's be honest. It will be very much like a home game. |
No mistake about it, we're not a great defensive basketball team. |
She didn't even put it on the floor. She didn't even bounce it. We had the whole side cleared out, and it didn't happen. We had players do things contrary to what we wanted them to do. It wasn't just the final possession. |
She's the quickest player on the floor. The way that she scored she ought to score, driving past people and laying it up. |
Tell it like it is, the last shot was a luck shot. Take nothing away from her. She had the presence of mind to throw it up and get it headed in the right direction, but from where I was standing it was luck. |
That turned the game. At that point we blew it out. |
That's a record that has been there for a while. It goes back to the mid-80s and has stood the test of time. She anticipates so well and plays so hard. It's nice to see her get her own reward with that type of play. |
The (lack of) game awareness just blows me away. One way or another, it has to be my responsibility, and I have to address it. |
The first thing you do is try to keep your team in condition. You can't afford with two weeks off to suffer from a conditioning aspect. The second thing is that you want to stay sharp in your execution and sharp mentally, particularly in the week leading up to the tournament. |
The kids did what we wanted them to do all day. When you do that good a job and mess up at the end, it hurts. |
The NBA has the same thing. Look at all the hand-checking going on. And another thing, look at the absence of fundamentals. I don't think any of us, men or women, are as fundamental as we once were. |
The NCAA is a simple ordeal. Not easy, but simple. If you can win two straight games three times, you are the national champions. You want to get to the Final Four; you want to win the national championship. That is the motivation that is spoken, but the process is to win this game. |
The thing that concerns me the most is the contrast between Miami and Tennessee. You're talking about going from a big, somewhat methodical offensive basketball team to a small, extremely quick, unpredictable offensive basketball team. |