It's a chance to win a championship this week and that's a great opportunity. There's a lot of folks that would love that opportunity.
If we had great energy and great focus and intensity, I'm OK. I didn't think we had that the first half.
It was a great Big Ten battle. It was physical and I thought our kids didn't back down from the challenge.
I think it shows great character and definitely a lot of toughness mentally. They obviously have great kids, great people.
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.
The shots that she's taken were all good shots and that's the difference. She has done a great job lately of being able to control the tempo more and making better decisions in our half-court offense.
It was a matter of getting some stops. We played with great effort and energy and a sense of urgency down the stretch.
We're at our best when we have great balance.
It's great for the game. It's a part of the game, it's where the game is going. You see girls are getting bigger, stronger, faster, quicker.
Katie was All-American-ish tonight with the ball in her hands. She did some great things for our team.
We showed a lot of character in those final minutes. It was great effort and energy. It was a sense of urgency at that point, a huge sense of urgency, and we were able to capitalize.
I think we lost sight here. The committee has done a great job in my mind. . . . Quit criticizing and complaining because there's a good time going on here.
They really have a purpose about them inside, and it's a great thing for our team.
I was really pleased with our presence on defense down the stretch. I thought we had a lot more energy and a lot more pop in our step. (Missouri State) is a great little team and came in playing freely, but once we got going I thought we were fine.