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.
advance final last maybe ncaa next sweet talent tournament year
We've been to the NCAA Tournament the last two years, but we've been one and done. I really think next year, with the talent we have, we could advance to the Sweet 16 and maybe all the way to the Final Four. It could be a real breakthrough year for us.
bit girl good happened last simple week
The same thing happened last week at Pittsburgh. I told them, 'If we're going to be good in this league, then you got her, you got her, you got her and you need to get your girl stopped.' We had a little bit more of that in the last 10 minutes, and as simple as it sounds, that was a difference-maker for us.
against entire floor game jazz last needed offense seven shut took
After last game, we needed to get Jazz more into our offense today. She was 12-for-12 from the floor last game and this one she only took seven shots. But our entire offense couldn't do anything against Rutgers. They shut us down.
deserved half last minutes slip
For 37 minutes, we deserved to win. In the last two and a half minutes we let it slip away.
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.