Brooke Smith commands a double down. She's so skilled and her footwork is so good. She's like an old-time player with her back to the basket, and she's got all the moves. |
Camille made some big shots there at the end. I thought we played hard and I was happy with how we executed down the stretch. |
Down the stretch there, it looked like she got every rebound. Chloe came up big when we needed her to come up big. |
For the survivor of this, it's going to be quite an accomplishment. There are a lot of good teams in the conference and a lot of people can beat other people. It's going to be saying something to win this tournament. |
Have fun, knock down some threes and see what happens in the last four minutes. |
Holy cow, they're a great team. Where do you beat them? They have all the ingredients. |
I think the conference is as strong, if not stronger, than last year. Could an argument [for five NCAA teams] be made today? I think so. |
I thought there would be a little learning curve, but they're athletic, they're strong, they all jump really, really well. They're not playing like freshmen. They're not playing like freshmen at all. They're going to be scary in the next few years … I'm including this year in the next few years. |
I was just praying she'd make it [the free throws]. It's just a shame somebody had to lose this game. Our kids have a lot of heart. |
I wonder about that. If you've got a big kid that you go into all the time and all of a sudden that big kid goes one for 10, do you say you live by the inside game and you die by the inside game? |
I'm really happy and proud that we earned an eight seed. The team is really excited. With all the injuries and where we've been, it's a real testament to the kids. I think it shows a lot of respect for our program. |
It seems every time we play Washington, it goes down to the wire. |
It's a great win for us. You're beating a quality opponent on the road. They've been very, very successful and have a lot of quality wins. |
It's a top-five - might've been the top recruiting class in the country last year. It's going to be a tough game we're going to have to put a body on (Hampton) or else she's going to run wild. |
It's having an effect on us in the second half of games, especially on defense. There's some games we've done well in the first half, and in the second half the floodgates opened. |