We have our full offensive line back from the start of the season. |
We have so much that's not on the menu. I've always been a steak house guy and I always have a good steak around, even if it's not listed on the menu. |
We have to understand that what we did in preseason meant nothing in conference and what we did in conference is not going to determine the outcome of this game. Everybody is even keel. We've got to play ourselves into the regional tournament and anything can happen. |
We made some plays, they made some plays. But in the end we want to make one more play than the other team. |
We played very good team defense and that led to easy baskets in our transition game. |
We played with intensity and we played with purpose for the full 40 minutes and didn't lose our composure when they hit a couple of shots and tried to make a comeback. |
We recognize this is a big game, but what is more important to us right now is just playing well and playing physical. Those two things are more important than the outcome. We're just trying to improve from week to week. That's how you win championships. |
We spent the last few weeks talking about how good the team's effort was and tonight was the first time that we didn't play with the effort that I felt we should have. We did some of the same things that have cost us games this year but it just looked like the energy level disappeared in the second half. |
We're obviously thrilled for Michelle. She's become a leader of the team. She's a very unselfish player who has about five assists each game too. |
We've honored veterans before, and it's normally the men who get honored, but this year we thought we'd give it a twist and honor the women. You women need to be honored. |
Win or lose, the most important thing for us this week is to be physical. We want to make sure they remember playing us and it wasn't an easy thing to do. There's no sense in giving anybody any confidence against us. |
Without standing back, looking at the big picture, doing a thorough investigation, it's hard to say where it started. |
You never like getting knock out of the playoffs by anybody, but there aren't any hard feelings. And they're a new team, at least in the backfield. |