Jeff Mittie Quotations

The positive was our team play was further ahead. I thought our guards played the way they should have. They played like I expected since they're the veterans.

We knew they hadn't been going to their bench as much, but all their players are dangerous. They obviously had a lot of reserves step up against us. Their depth makes them a much tougher team.

My experience is I wouldn't trust anything anybody is saying. My hope is that we're going to get many, many teams in the tournament.

I felt like the schedule had a chance to hurt us if we didn't take it the right way. At the end of December you could see the team growing and gaining confidence.

We told the team everybody is going to have to pick it up a little. It's an opportunity for someone to come in and make plays.

I thought for our first practice we looked solid,

I saw a lot of confused looks from the newcomers. I expect that from freshmen. They'll learn quickly because of the number of returnees. They did show some good sparks at different times today.

I saw a lot of confused looks from the newcomers, ... I expect that from freshmen. They'll learn quickly because of the number of returnees. They did show some good sparks at different times today.

We exercised patience, and we pushed the ball and it surprised them at times. We made some big shots when needed to.

We executed the game plan. At times we had to be patient and at times we had to push the ball and we hit big shots. I'm very proud of our kids.

We're trying to do a lot of offense early. The fall provided that opportunity because of the new NCAA rules. There are still things that we are doing with this team, such as moving players into new positions. In the early part of practice, we are trying to see where these interchangeable parts can be used in our motion offense.

Every game presents different challenges but the fact that they have similar athletes to A&M -- we saw some things last night that will be the same. It's not like you're playing two totally different styles in 48 hours. Now that can be a big challenge.

They have some young players and we designed the defense early to try and not give them anything easy. I thought players did an excellent job of that.

That's as good as any team I've seen all year, and we had some pretty good teams on our schedule. I thought we did some things decent, but Rutgers was just fantastic tonight.

I'm excited to get a player with her capabilities. Hanna gained valuable experience at LSU and will be a great fit for us at the power forward spot.

The committee has always told us to go out and schedule (tough opponents). We did that and took our lumps early, but we played well late.