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Chris had two outstanding games. He was our leader. The Bahamian teams attacked with very quick, physical guards and it was a good challenge. In the second game he had nine assists and no turnovers. That's a great indicator of things to come.

I have a lot better players, guys that can finish all the time. That's what makes the good point guards great. It's a lot more fun for me to set people up than it is to score.

I felt our strength was going to our inside game. In the second half, they were sagging on our guards to prevent the entry pass.

I feel that these are the best pair of shooting guards in the state. I can say that with full confidence.

I feel like we've got eight guys we can count on, and typically that's what every NFL team has live in every game, ... With those eight guys, we've got four tackles, we've got five guards and we've got three centers in that combination of eight guys. We've got some combinations.

I didn't have a clock, or a watch, or anything that told me what time it was. And there was no TV. Just me and the cell. The guards came by and told me what happened. I thought they were exaggerating. I got out in the afternoon and saw it on TV, the planes hitting the towers. I couldn't believe it could happen in this country.

(Grove City's) got a big fellow down low and their guards aren't too bad. (The loss to Marion-Franklin) was a setback, but it was probably a good thing for us.

Four guards isn't as frightening, four really good guards is what makes it a challenge. They're guys are really good players. They've done this all year, it's not like they're trying to reinvent themselves mid-year like some unfortunate souls. They've been doing this all year and they're really good at it.

Four guards can work wonderfully well a lot of the time. But sometimes you can take advantage of it. We can't take advantage of it. And when you can't take advantage, they'll take advantage of it.

From Day One, that's the way we've played. We've played defense like that all year and we planned to do it against Tennessee. We knew we had to be aggressive in this game. Putting pressure on the ball was important for us. It makes it difficult for the guards to get the ball inside.

If a team leaves me open, I almost feel it's an insult and I'm shooting that ball with confidence. All of our guards have been drilled and prepared to take those shots and we're ready for them.

I don't think I've ever seen her want the ball and call for the ball as much as she has in these last two tournaments. That makes all the difference. Our guards are doing a good job of finding her and she's finishing with buckets.

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(Fortner) emphasized that we wanted to attack them and get to the foul line. We wanted to make their guards play defense. We're really trying to understand the scouting reports and take advantage of the weaknesses our opponents have.

Glenn, Kyle and Eddie (Miller) are our three veteran guards and they're all playmakers. If you put the ball in their hands, they make coaching a lot easier. They make plays for themselves and others. And Glenn, he has the ability to be as good as any guard in our league, and I truly believe that.

He typically guards the other team's best guy, regardless of size, and he has for three years. What I thought he did a great job of tonight was keeping everyone focused on the defensive end. I told him I thought it was his best overall game as a Wildcat. He scored well, he shot well and was an outstanding leader.

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He's coast to coast, one of the quickest guards in the league. He causes havoc when he gets in the paint, and he's a pretty good passer. He's a one-man fast break, all by himself.

He did a great job of using the pick-and-roll. He waited for our big men to clear out of there and then he used the big men to get into the paint. Then when he got into the paint he has a lot of good up fakes. He was able to get our guards into the air and created space for himself to get his little shot up.

He guards me in practice like that, real real intense. Coach (Gerald Cox) told me they were going to be physical with me like that, but just keep my cool, keep my composure and everything would be all right.

He either scores or makes good passes to the guards so they're able to get the knockdown shot or make something else good happen. I think we executed what Coach wanted us to execute on the offensive end.

He does what he always does, try to frustrate you. But like I said before, I've never lost against him and I think he had six points and he's going to measure me on that status and I'm going to measure him on that status. He guards pretty good.

He gave us some problems early on. But we started dropping our guards back on him as well and negated him. That's really where I thought our guys did a good job tonight. They adjusted when they needed to. Brubaker played hard for us. He was all over the place and getting a lot of loose balls.

He never had it, but he's really worked on it. We told him, all of our point guards can shoot. If it's an open look, we want him to shoot it.

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We try to get fast with our hands instead of fast with our feet, and that gets us in foul trouble. Then we're trying to defend them with all guards out there, it just wasn't going to work. I take full responsibility for this loss. I did not do a good job of preparing the girls for this game and the defense that we needed to run.

We just have to get better every day, there's no question about that. From the inside to the outside, the guards have to do a better job of finding the post and the posts have to rebound and finish. There are a variety of things that we have to do and that will only come with the more games that we play.

What impresses us is the tradition ? it's Carolina. But I think we have an advantage with our guards. Their guards are kind of young and small, and that's where we have an advantage.

We've got to stop them from shooting the 3's and contest their three guards. We want to keep Luther Suggs off the backboards and contain Justin Ray, who is one of the best guards in the state.

We told the guys coming in that their pressure was going to be the key and fourth quarter their pressure got to our guards and we didn't get the ball inside like we did the first three quarters.

To get a road win is a significant achievement. Road wins are treasured in our league. The way our guards played, especially Daniel Horton and Dion Harris, was the difference. They played with a swagger.

Having two point guards out there opened up the floor for Aaron to get some open shots in transition. With three guards, our perimeter defense got a lot better. Baker is our best on-the-ball defender. With him in the lineup, we became a lot more aggressive defensively.

He's a very good player, it's good to see he could make a full recovery and have as good a year as he's had. With him and Mo Williams on the floor together, when you put two point guards on the floor at the same time, it's very difficult.

He' s going to be pretty good. Just by hearing him talk out on the court, he can really lead a team. Point guards have to be vocal and have to be heard. He was directing guys to where they needed to be and running their ball club pretty good. Once he gets comfortable he's going to be a pretty good player.

He's been a monster for us all year. He's a playmaker. It seems like he guards about six guys out there at one time. He scores big points, he grabs big rebounds and he gets big steals. I can't say enough about him.

There aren't too many good free-throw shooters anymore, especially when it counts. It's bad. And it's embarrassing, too, because no one guards you when you're shooting.

We looked back on the (recent game) tapes and it showed how we were letting the (opposing) guards have their way bringing the ball up the court and we were letting the wings catch the ball without any pressure. The coaches challenged us to just be more aggressive and we were.

We lost some pretty good guards from last year's team, so we have some shoes to fill. Hopefully we'll get some of the girls to step up and handle the pressure.

We made some big shots when we had to have ?em. Their guards are really good and they put pressure on us and bothered us all night.

Huffman has a good team. They have a 6-4 player and a couple of quick guards that we will have to keep our eyes on.

Hustle is big. That's a team effort. Everybody needs to hit the glass this game. Our guards need to get in there. Me and Luc need to box out well. Their whole team goes (to the glass) well, so we're going to need all the help we can get.

He was going door-to-door looking for school crossing guards and went to my in-laws' house, ... They said they were too old, but told him to see me.

He was nine years old and quite a child, but he knew his soul, it was dear to him, and he guarded it as the eyelid guards the eye, and never let anyone enter his heart without the key of love.

He did not really believe in having a lot of security guards around him,

He didn't make a mistake out there (Sunday). He's out there guarding guards with a bad ankle. That job he did was something special. It kind of goes unsung because there's no big stats for him. But he's a special player for us.

He can play center or guard. We'll be doing some pull schemes in our offense, so it's important that our guards can run. It's also important that your center has good feet to slip the nose guard and get to the second level and block the linebackers. There are some things with the guard and center where power and size aren't as important as speed and athleticism.

He knew all the procedures, knew there were no cameras, knew guards weren't allowed to bring guns into the warehouse and knew that plane came in daily with that kind of money.

He is the best Division II player in the country. ... I've seen some good Division I point guards (Steyn spent three seasons at Oklahoma State), but I'd take Sheldon every day.

He leaves a great impression because he's such a good person. He's tough on point guards because he demands so much, but at the end of the day, when you understand what he wants, it's easy to deal with.

(Hampton is) very good and athletic. They're a lot like us. They have quick guards and are really a mirror image of us. They can score right with us point for point. It should be a great game.

Guards are the most important guys on the court. They have the ball in their hands 80 percent of the time. They determine tempo of the game and breakdown the defense.

There are a lot of seniors there this season. Both guards and both tackles. We've seen some real good things from them so far.

There are so many good guards in the conference that if you don't have one like Devin, you'll get buried. He's finding out that he's a natural for the point position.

I was like, guys, we've got to shoot. We had open looks, and the guards just didn't shoot it. Offensively we just couldn't do a heck of a lot.

Kevin had a great game. We have some smaller guards out there so he was able to do a lot more things. He had it going and was on fire.

Kevin came in here on a mission. I thought we were a little bit out of character at Pitt. We probably tried to do a little bit too much and probably didn't realize what good defense Pitt plays. We took shots we thought were good and they weren't because Pitt guards you.

Jack is probably one of the best point guards in America. He did an incredible job on him.

Jones put such a good defense with that 3-2 zone and our guards just weren't patient.

Joe has worked so hard on his shooting, as has Dan, and we feel like it's going in when they get the ball. We are very confident with those guys on the floor. It makes a lot of difference for us to be able to play five guards and not have any drop-off when you go to the bench.

Joe has really come on in the past few weeks, and he has done a great job at posting hard, and our guards are doing a nice job at recognizing that and getting him the ball inside.

Josh could be a center if he wanted to be. Josh causes a lot of problems for other teams' guards with his size.

I think inside we match up well with them. Our guards are smaller and younger and they will press us because of that and I expect that. We need to get a walk-through in tomorrow on how to break the press. But I like our chances, I think we will create some match up problems for them.

I think it's important that we focus on that, and we get the city to understand how important these crossing guards programs are.

I thought when their guards penetrated and got good shots, our big girls made the shots tough one them and that made the big difference.

I think the main thing is I gotta be patient. I have to finish plays whenever I get a chance just be more assertive on offense. My offense comes from my guards getting me shots. You just got to put (struggles) behind you and you got to rely on your teammates to carry you.

I think that Green Bay actually - and I don't like this because you love Brett Favre - I think they almost are leading him toward retirement. You took away two of his anchors on the offensive line, two of the great offensive guards in this league. So he's going to get the kind of pressure that we haven't seen him get in the past. He's going to be in games where defensively you know he is going to be in shootouts where he has to throw rather than when he wants to throw. He's going to be throwing all the time.

I think that point guards make the best coaches.

I thought containing the two guards spoke words for our defensive effort. But the Mystics got production and big plays from Page and Miller, who came off the bench and played well.

I thought Chris had a good game because he had 11 assists, but sometimes Chris can get 11 assists and still get you 20 points. So I thought our guards ... did a nice job with him.

I think which ever team has guards that hit shots will create more room. I think Florida is a little better offensive team. Both have good defenses.

I think when you have a guy back there that is 6-10, it's easier, because you have that knowledge that you can just filter stuff in to him. You don't have to have guards rotate over, and try to take charges, and Sean's tall enough that he doesn't have to foul you. You also don't have to get out and try to press teams and turn them over.

I think the fit kind of makes sense. Coach Jackson has had a lot of success with big, veteran guards in his career and Aaron fits that mold.

It is so fortunate to have two great guards (Blalock and Stinson) playing together,

I thought we dug a hole early. In the first half, our guards were in what I'd call a panic mode.

I thought we passed the ball really well tonight. I like putting Jasper on the point because he can swing the ball and kind of separate the two guards on defense. He has such great vision that he can still get the (post) from up there.

I thought their guards played really well. (Cotton) is an excellent shooter and he demonstrated that today. He played within himself in their offense without forcing things. He's a very, very good offensive player.

I thought their guards played a lot better than I thought they could. I thought we would be able to turn them over a little more than we did. I thought we were a step slow.

I thought that might have been one our best defensive efforts of the season. They are a very tough, physical team and we always worry about being a small team because of our guards that I thought we handled their toughness with quickness and toughness defensively.

I think we match up well against them. We are really very much alike. I didn't know much about them at first, but I know that they can shoot the ball, have good quick guards and they can defend. In that respect, then I think they are a lot like us.

I think we did a good job on the foul line and spread it out enough. We started Megan (along with other 'smalls,' Nunez and Vega) to see if we could get quickness. We felt like if we could pressure their guards with three smaller players, we'd be quicker and the advantage would be ours.

I think we come with energy every game. We're just looking at things we might improve on. I try to make it hard for guards to catch the ball on the perimeter.

I think we played well down the stretch. Our guards need to be more aggressive and drive more from the perimeter.

I thought our transition game was really good tonight especially in the fourth quarter. Our guards did a really nice job of pushing the basketball up the floor and we are lucky enough to have big guys who run the floor as well as ours do.

I thought our point guards were practically perfect. That's as good a play as we've had from our point guards as we've had in four years here.

I thought our guards did a tremendous job on their shooters of not giving up too many looks, and when they did get looks, it was after running off three or four screens.

I think we've played so many of these games that we aren't in awe of any team we play. We think Notre Dame has a good team, and we respect them. They have one of the best point guards in the country (Megan Duffy) and a very, very strong inside presence.

I think what Cody does is take a lot pressure off our other guards and lets them fill their roles. Kendall gets to be a shooting guard and run the floor in transition ... that's some of the reason we've improved.

I think that any other year he would be playing. But because (there's) so many great forwards in the West, it's difficult to do that. But (Paul) is one of the top five guards in the Western Conference without question.

I think a lot of L.A. is something like USC - this incredible white culture living in the midst of color, and no obvious reaction to it at all. I mean, they have guards at the gate at USC - guards at the gate of a major university! And the guards chase young black boys away - I've seen it, chasing 8-year-old boys.

I think it was a physical let down. We had a strong inside presence, but our guards were all sick.

It got to a point where coach didn't want me and Randy to guard each other any more. He had to move us on to different guys. It's just so intense, the guards going at each other in practice. It's just brutal.

I think Troy is one of best all-around guards in the city. He defends and handles the ball well. His overall play has been off the charts.

I think to win it, you have to be able to do a lot of things and, I guess, be lucky. You have to have confidence playing any speed. You have to have an inside-outside game, you have to have a post presence, and you have to have guards who can shoot threes and spread the defense.

I think Tony has finally grown up and matured as a leader of the team. When you talk about point guards and look at the things he has been able to do consistently this season, you have to mention Parker as one of the best in the league.

Latoya did a real good job of scoring and rebounding, and the guards did also. They had their confidence going, believed in their shot, it went in and they did what they had to do. (Wily and Collins) are taking a lot of pressure off me. Instead of three people guarding me, it may be two or one.

I think they just lost two really good senior guards that are the reason they were able to play so well on the road last year. This year their guys are just finding their way in those tough environments.

Jason is so unselfish, doesn't care if he ever scores, knows where to get other guys the ball. Everyone knows they're going to get their shots playing with him. He's still one of the best one, two or three point guards in the league.

Jason does what Jason does. Jason can hit a few outside shots, and he can take the ball to the basket. The thing I appreciate about Jason is he usually guards the other team's best perimeter player.

James isn't as big as the nose guards we've had the last few years, but he has that same motor. He keeps it going at all times and has a tremendous desire to succeed. Bryan has done some good things in the preseason and we expect a lot out of Cory this year.

Last year after Travis went down, we didn't have any options. You never want to be in that position, especially as we go into the Big East. In this league, you've got to have five or six guards that can play. We're not there yet, but we're getting closer.