Jeff Judkins Game Quotations

This team has played some close games like this. They've had teams make runs on them. We've had people foul out. They just found a way. That really helped us tonight ? we've been in that situation before.

(The Lobos) have the depth, the experience and the confidence you need to win three games in so little time. You also need good post play to really pace you when your shots might not be there from the outside.

I'm just really proud of these young ladies. They came together and got it done, it was a big game for us.

She's won two state championships (in high school). In those two championships, she made the plays to win the game. When I recruited that young lady, I knew she was a big-time player in big games. She's had a hard freshman year. She got injured and she got sick. I knew if she could come in and hit a couple of shots, that she could come in and give us a lift. That's the kind of player she is. She played one of her best games of the season.

We've got to get our game tuned up. We need to be in a good frame of mind. We got beat, now we have to show how we'll handle it. I have a lot of confidence in this team. They've shown they respond well to that type of situation.

It's going to be a battle. New Mexico is very good and athletic. I think it will be a great game. If we can beat them it will be a big edge for us because we would be up two games on them in the conference. Hopefully we can get four to five thousand fans here.

The women's game is really changing, and it's really exciting to see it get the exposure that it really deserves. To see her dunk, to see players get so much more quicker, athletic, adds something to this game.

We got outplayed tonight. Utah outplayed us in every part of the game. They wanted this game more.

They seem to play their best games against us. If we took our average games, we would probably beat them, but they always seem to step it up a notch and really play well.

In a three-game tournament, you can't rely on your outside game. You've got to have good players inside and you have to be able to stop people. We have the most depth and the best inside presence of any team left in the tournament.

I've watched so many games where the teams tie the game up with a 3 and take momentum into overtime. If they were going to beat us, they were going to do it the hard way by making a free throw, missing the second and getting the rebound. If they do that, they deserve to get into overtime.

We played Colorado State well last time here and we have played well in Fort Collins the last couple years. I think last year was one of our best games we have played there.

Dani played a great game today. She totally dominated inside. She's playing her best basketball right now.

The Colorado State game is the game we are going to focus on, that is for sure.