Kelly Whitney Quotations

We didn't defend the three-point line at all. We just didn't defend. We came out a little bit like we were guaranteed a win.

We didn't defend the 3-point line. We just didn't defend, period. Any time two guards go off for 66 points, you're not playing defense. That speaks for itself.

Going inside was something we focused on the last two days in practice. I felt like I let the team down against Connecticut and my teammates got me the ball inside as much as possible tonight and this bounce back was huge.

I think it's most complete game we've played defensively and offensively.

I thought we were the more physical team. We knew we had to come out and match their physicality.

I think it was a lack of intensity. We came out lackadaisical. Our energy wasn't as high as we needed it to be.

People are going to say what they are going to say. Hopefully, we will keep playing hard and he will keep coaching and we'll continue to win. Hopefully, at the end of the season, nothing will be wrong and everybody will come back.

That was the first time in a long time that I didn't get double-teamed. If I can get more games like that, we will be better off.

You know they're going to throw stuff at you, they're going to try to trap, they're going press, they're going bring in a bunch of shooters. You just have to be mentally focused to handle that.

Those are shots I'm capable of shooting. I don't think they had their rotation down as well as they'd like.

We didn't come in with the mind-set that we were going to blow them out, we came in thinking it was going to be a tougher game. We had to be tougher, and I think we established that.

To be any seed, in any bracket, is fine with me.

We stepped to the challenge. A lot of games we could have just given up on, we could have just fallen down and said, 'Forget it, we're not that good.' There was adversity, but we played with heart.

We've only talked about it three times all year. Lou doesn't let a lot of things bother him. That says a lot about his character.

You have a lead against the eighth-ranked team in the country, you know they're going to fight back.

You have to use your quickness, your pump-fake game, to get inside of them and try to get them in foul trouble. Playing against big bodies all night is kind of tough. You have to try to wear them down.

The team defense was great. It was an all-around great game, especially going into the Big East (schedule).

They're a scrappy team that doesn't score a lot of points.

That's something we haven't talked about for the last six months. He just told us that whatever they say, it's not in our hands anyway. We just have to play basketball.

I've got to be able to get the ball more, but at the same time you want to go with what's working for your team. You take what the defense gives you, I guess.

They weren't doubling me. They weren't fronting me in the post. If I can get more games like that, we'll be better off.

If I could say something to school officials, it would be he's definitely proven himself and he deserves to stay. He's taken us through the wars and back. I would do anything for him.

You definitely have a lot of respect for teams like that, no matter what conference they come from. They came out with a great deal of energy and they wanted to let everybody know they earned being here.