As a coach, I have a number of options (with the makeup of the team) and that's a credit to the players themselves. |
Bridget knows she has the green light from outside. She did an outstanding job. |
I think it is hard to beat a team three times. That was not an easy game. Even with a 20-point lead, I didn't feel comfortable until the fourth quarter. |
I think it's the same every year. You have to play well, you have to execute on all fronts come the playoffs. I don't think it's any harder because you're trying to repeat or do it for the first time. You have to play well. |
I'd say we turned the ball over more than we needed to, but I thought our defense was outstanding. |
It didn't matter if it was regulation or overtime. It was going to hurt. |
It's a heck of a feat. It seems like every year, the previous year's accomplishments don't mean anything to these girls. They want to get back there. |
Obviously, the travel is an issue. This was the worst-case scenario. When we tip off, I think we should forget about it, though. |
One thing that's overlooked is even [when] they were not scoring, they were defending. |
Our defense was outstanding. Everyone played well. |
Rebounding is all about will. At halftime, I challenged our kids' will. |
That's how tight our kids are. I'd like to walk to all our games, but we'd have to play here again. |
They all have the green light and know the coaching staff has a tremendous amount of confidence in everyone that was out there. Even when they're not scoring, they're playing defense. |
They were taking some shots that were flying off the rim, and we didn't seem to be getting any of those. I think that was the difference. They chased down more balls than we did. |
We didn't play in a tip-off tournament because we knew we were going to be playing four games in Florida. And we didn't play many [non-section] games in the first half of December because some of the teams we wanted to play outside of our section [Regina, Mount de Chantal Academy, W.Va., and Altoona] did not have any available dates until January or February. |