Laurie Pirtle Team Quotations

We've really worked on our offensive rebounds. The last few teams we've played have been the better rebounding teams in the league, so we have had to improve. Of course when you shoot 26 percent you get a lot of chances for offensive rebounds.

We really had worked hard this week on getting ready and the kids really came through with the execution of our zone and made them go man to man. I thought both teams had fought really, really hard.

There are 11 teams in the Big East that we hadn't faced before, so you could say it fits into the prototype of the year.

I think it was a hard-fought game and both teams showed a lot of guts to play aggressive basketball. Our kids showed a lot of passion and pulling together to come back the way we did to tie it up and take it to overtime.

It was a really hard fought game and a very physical one. Both teams showed a lot of guts and at the end they made a few more plays.

We were going up against a team that plays almost exclusively zone and our kids really came through with the execution. We were able to take them out of what they wanted to do.

We were 10-1 and playing with a lot of confidence. We wanted the kids to see the best team in the conference and see how it's going to be.