We've had two good weeks of practice. I think we're ready to play. |
We've missed her more than people understand but you don't complain about the things you can't control. |
We've tried to go to her early in games lately to get her moving. It seemed to work. I think that's pivotal for our success this season. |
When we have that kind of balance, we're pretty good. I think we have to have four show up and we had six tonight. |
When we lost her, I think people underestimated her importance. |
When you see a team do what they did, win four games in four days, that says a lot about their will to get it done. |
Without any question, I think they had a point to prove tonight and certainly made a statement. In the previous two games, we just didn't play well and I really respect the way they came out today. I think they had something to say and they said it. |
Yeah, I think we were able to cut it to five and have a chance. You've just got to make plays down the stretch and we weren't able to do that. |
You can't let others have big nights. You have to bring a lot of double teams (to stop Davenport) and you have to understand tendencies and live with percentages. It has to be a great team effort defensively. |
You just have to constantly remind them of their goals. A lot of the reason why we were on the bubble last year is because Illinois came in here and beat us on our home floor. If that won't motivate them, I don't know what will. |
You look at the call under the basket, and I don't want what I say to be misinterpreted. I like to put a lock (on what I say) and save my money. I got to get some groceries this week. |