Mickie DeMoss
Mickie DeMoss
Mickie Faye DeMossis an American college basketball coach and former player. She became assistant women's basketball coach at Louisiana State University on May 17, 2016. She is the former women's head coach at the University of Florida and the University of Kentucky. She is also a former assistant coach at Louisiana Tech University, University of Tennessee, University of Texas, Auburn University, Memphis State University, and the WNBA's Indiana Fever...
bench year
They've been big all year for us. Our bench has been instrumental in our success.
definitely earn fact means motto progress respect year
This means a lot for our team. Our motto this year has been to earn respect It's just another way of validating the fact that we have made some progress at Kentucky. We still aren't where we want to be, but we definitely aren't where we were.
country looked proved team
They proved why they're the No. 3 team in the country. They looked like the No. 1 team in the country.
composure kept kids proud
This is a really, really big win. I'm proud of how our kids kept their composure on the road.
fighting fights-and-fighting lose
They don't lose too often. They'll probably come in here fighting mad.
huge hunt puts win winning
This win was huge for us. This puts us back in the hunt in the SEC and puts us back on the winning track.
basket close effort five free game good last looks minutes proud score struggled throw
I'm very, very proud of our effort and very disappointed we couldn't close the game. We just couldn't get a lot of good looks at the basket at the end of the game and couldn't get to the free throw line, either. We really struggled to score the last five minutes of the game.
added maybe playing pressure sure youth
I'm not sure why that is. Maybe it's our youth or the added pressure of playing there.
absorb gave hopefully time
Hopefully it gave them some time to absorb everything.
against matter players rebound
It's players against players. If we don't rebound and get back on defense, it won't matter how well I know Pat.
almost great sitting
It's a great, great win. It's almost like I'm sitting here in a dream.
basketball boils buying commit hard hard-work honor mean peers players recognized team work
It's an honor to be recognized by your peers for your hard work and accomplishments, but it all boils down to the players buying into what you want them to do. You can know all the basketball in the world, but if your team can't commit to play hard and play together, then all that basketball doesn't mean much.
madness measures opening practice standard
It really is madness. This is the standard everyone measures their opening practice by.
almost kept knew
It's unbelievable, almost surreal. I knew if we kept it close, we had a chance.