Carol Ross Quotations

She has played very well this season, despite being the primary focus of each team we play. She plays so hard each and every game and is an inspiration for her teammates.

She is the best player in the country, and che has been for the last couple of years. If you are not on the (opposing) bench, she is a pleasure to watch.

I am so proud of our team tonight. This was truly a team win. Everyone contributed to the win and that is the best kind of win you can get.

For two blocks, we were pretty much stopped.

We talked about that in the locker room before the game. We had a chance to make history in a variety of ways.

I think it is good to know what it feels like in March. We're trying to learn what it feels like to win a championship in March and we're going to have to play consistent to do that.

I think that as women's basketball became a bigger draw, nobody wants to watch a slugfest, which is what we all coach, defensively to be tough, physical. Everybody wants to see the lights shot out and sky hooks and all the other stuff that entertain people.

I'm not able to yank another All-American off the bench. I can yank an all-county or all-division player, but we don't have the depth, and that's a big difference.

We haven't shot well all year long. We put a game together where our offense and our defense were pretty stout.

We are now 1-0 and looking forward to playing one of the best teams in the nation. I'm proud of this team.

We try to create and manufacture ways to play with teams the caliber of LSU. I thought we battled them about as well as we could have.

Florida, obviously, is a team that's playing well. They're playing basketball at a fast pace and pressing.

There's a fragile state (for Ole Miss) between the NCAA and the NIT, and that's been true each year. A free throw here, a rebound there ... the first two years we won those games.

This is a thrilling victory. We got down because we weren't playing with a lot of energy. We changed up our defense and got some key stops, which set up our offense. We played very determined down the stretch.

They did the things that good teams do to win. They did what good teams do to win in the Southeastern Conference. They rebounded the basketball and defended. They did an exceptional job of doing those things and we didn't. And that's the ballgame.

It's been a rough stretch. But at no time during that stretch did we act like losers, even though we were losing.

It's not a one-horse race. If a team believes in the magic of March, then I think they could go all the way.

I'm glad to know we still don't have to celebrate after a win. We looked like we still remember how (to react).

I really thought (she) was the one who blew the game open because we could not contain her.

The league has always had so much talent. With Vanderbilt and Florida having to play in the first round is a testament to the depth and the strength of the SEC.