Mike Carey
Mike Carey
tournament win
I think we've got to win this tournament just to go to the NIT.
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.
came confidence definitely finish happy losing next starting team wins
Hey, we came in here with an eight-game losing streak. I am just happy my team is starting to finish games. These wins will give us confidence for next year. That said, we will definitely try to win (today).
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.
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.
players
We're just not comfortable with our go-to players in the stretch.
ball easy felt hit impatient refused reverse shoot work
I felt at times we were too impatient at times offensively. We refused to reverse the ball and work for easy shots. They packed it in. They made us shoot from the perimeter and we just didn't hit them.
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.
bit felt held hit needed offensive score stayed
We wanted to score a little bit more than we did. We held them to 50, stayed on the boards, got some offensive rebounds. We did what we felt needed to be done. We just didn't hit our shots.
early team
Boy, this is too early for a team timeout.