Tom Collen
Tom Collen
Tom Collenis a former head women's basketball coach who was most recently the head coach at the University of Arkansas...
certainly flat great last shot stepped time virginia west
Last time we played, they just flat out stepped up and shot the basketball. But without Meg, West Virginia certainly is a different team. She is a great all-around player. But they still have talent.
atmosphere fans great loud top
They have a great atmosphere there. The fans are very exuberant; they?re right on top of you. It?s very loud there. They have a great home-court advantage.
ball blow five game great hole incredible knowing ready run shoot
They just set an incredible pace, and want to blow you out in the first five minutes. If you?re not ready to run back in transition, you?re not ready for them to shoot the ball early, and they?re hot, you can find yourself in a hole really, really fast. I think you have to go in there knowing that they have a great home-court advantage, and I think you have to go in there knowing that the game is going to be intense.
great opportunity
This is a great opportunity for us. We want to see if we can play with them. We want to see if we've improved.
everybody handled jazz others step though
Jazz has handled it well even though everybody focuses on her. We need others to step up and score.
best guard herself limit looks might point sure tired
We wanted to make sure Duffy was tired at the end. We wanted to limit her touches. She might be the best point guard in the league. I don't think she looks at herself as a big-time scorer.
fell fired knew lose prey team temple watched
Out of the shoot, we fell prey to a team that was fired up. When I watched them lose to Temple the other night, I knew we were in trouble.
excited hear time
I think they?re excited about it. They can hear about (being in the Big East) or read about it in the papers, but now here we are. I think they?re excited to see what the big time is all about.
against games ncaa player programs shine step talent type
When we play games against top-10 programs and in the NCAA Tournament, she's the type of player who's going to step up and shine and take us to another level. That's how much talent she has.
four hit plays score wall
We called four different plays and didn't score on any of them. I think that was it. We had hit the wall at that point.
believed built heart perplexed relationship
We were shocked. We really believed in our heart that through the relationship we had built with her that she wanted to come to Louisville. We were perplexed by what actually happened.
against clearly guard left nine purpose straight team
We clearly left her unguarded on purpose at times because we were concentrating on their other kids. We rolled the dice. When you play against a team that's got like nine or 10 all-Americans and you can't guard all of them straight up, you have to take your chances.
dice guard left tried
We left her unguarded on purpose. We rolled the dice with her. We tried to guard her late, but we didn't get it done.
boast game good lost maybe saw seed underdog west
I don't think we saw this coming. I thought we were ready. But there are not many conferences who can boast a 12 seed as good as West Virginia. We approached this game like we were the underdog having lost to them, but maybe that wasn't the right way to do it.