Mike Carey
Mike Carey
bench coming game sloppy
We're just short-handed. They were coming off the bench with All-Americans. We were coming off the bench with trainers. We had to make it a sloppy game because it was the only way we could play right now.
beating game girls group happy hard losing minute played taken
I am so happy for this group of girls because they have taken a beating from me during our losing streak. They have played hard every minute of every game in this tournament.
beating eight games great needless proud took
Needless to say, we're very happy. I'm very proud of these young ladies. They took a beating from me over those eight games that we lost. It's great for them to get some success.
balls bit face games great hit league overlooked played playing thinking win won
Some balls bounced our way. Let's face it, Rutgers is a great team. They won 16 league games in a row. If we played them 10 times, they would win nine. I think they overlooked us a little bit thinking about playing Connecticut in the final. But Rutgers won't be in the final. I don't know if this all has hit me yet.
beat breaks coming eight game girls group lost needed proud prouder regroup row time tough
We needed all the breaks this game for us to beat Rutgers and we got them. We'll take them every time we can get them. I'm just so proud of the girls. We were coming off a tough season. We lost eight in a row after Meg went down and we really couldn't find our identity. But right now I've never been prouder of a group of girls to really regroup and do the things they've done here in this tournament.
game girls great sloppy
Connecticut is a great team. We're just short-handed. We had to make it a sloppy game because it was the only way we could play right now. Our girls didn't quit.
aggressive basketball beat breaks game miss needed pinch pray shoot top zone
I don't know what to say. We really wanted to pinch off their penetration. We thought our 2-3 zone was really going to make them shoot over the top of us and just pray they miss some of them. We were very aggressive going after the basketball and we got some breaks. And that's what we needed. We needed all the breaks in this game to beat Rutgers and we got 'em.
tournament win
I think we've got to win this tournament just to go to the NIT.
senior took
I think Ann Strother took over the game, which a senior should.
hold
We wanted to hold them under 50 and that is what we did. We rebounded with them, which I thought we had to do. We just did not make our shots.
came expecting girls knew louisville onto upset wait watching
Our girls were upset after watching Louisville during pre-game. I didn't have to say much to them after that, I knew we were going to ready. They couldn't wait to get out onto the court. I don't think Louisville came in here expecting us to play that well.
combined foul missed shots struggle tough
Without Meg, we struggle to score. That, combined with turnovers and missed foul shots make it tough to win.
executing good job lack
We just didn't do a good job of executing down the stretch, but it wasn't from lack of effort. It wasn't from we didn't try. It was just inexperience.
players
We're just not comfortable with our go-to players in the stretch.