Keith Freeman Quotes (29 Quotes)

Aggie has a lot of ability. When she learns how to do some of the little things, which is just going to take time, she could be a really good player.

After so much time off, I would rather have played today than practiced. We had some of the same problems Notre Dame did with getting players back to campus because of cancelled flights.

It's going to be a tremendous challenge for us and a tremendous opportunity.

It'll help us on Friday to play on Wednesday. We're able to get rid of some of whatever our layoff created. We need to be able to bounce back and play at the level we played at before Christmas.

The thing about Lauren was that she may have gotten frustrated, but she never gave up. When Katie Boone got hurt she was stepping up and ready to go. Because of that, she values where she is now because she had to work so hard for it.

Any time you go on the road in the league and win it's good. We accomplished a lot, and our reserve kids learned that they need to continue to work to get where we need them to be.

Any time you come to this place and win it's a major thing. It's a 10-hour trip, you (move through) time zones to get here. So to be able to play with the defensive intensity we did was good for our kids.

Those are those types of plays that don't show up in the scorebook that are momentum-changers. The great teams have players that make those plays. It was nice to see Lauren step up and do that.

What we tried to do in the second half was pick up the pace. The more we tried to go get 'em, the worse it got. We tried hard. We need to play them a different way.

I thought (Braun) made herself a target a lot more tonight. We did a nice job moving the ball and getting her in a spot where she could do something with it. And Betsy is doing a much better job of taking on-balance shots.

I thought we controlled game except for that four-minute stretch. What happened in that four-minute stretch, our top seven kids weren't involved in that. We have to get more young kids learning to play.

I was proud of our kids I thought we did a really good job. There were some things we did late that I didn't like. I think if you take away that stretch we played extremely well.

UMKC does a lot of the same things that Notre Dame does, but they've got less athleticism and more 3-point shooting. We're going to have to make some adjustments in the way we guard them.

We worked the ball because they were clogging up the middle. We got a lot of open looks. With Lauren, Carrie and Jamie on the floor it's hard to guard all three 3-point shooters. We got open 3s and made enough of them.

I thought we did a great job of taking away the things that they like to do. We were probably a 6 against Notre Dame and I'd say we were probably an 8 tonight -- 8 or 9.

They've really provided a lot of leadership for our program and dedicated themselves to becoming the best they can be.

Every situation is new, and we're going to have to be able to come out with energy. The team that wins this league is going to be the one that comes out and plays every night.

Betsy's first two or three possessions were not good. She is a good player in the middle of the zone.

It's nice to be able to see what some of those kids can do when they have a little bit of extended time. We haven't had a game like this in a while.

(The taste of the loss) is out of my mouth right now. We're over it. We're playing for the conference championship now.

I think whenever you balance academics and athletics and do it at a level of greatness, you're to be commended.

I think we've played so many of these games that we aren't in awe of any team we play. We think Notre Dame has a good team, and we respect them. They have one of the best point guards in the country (Megan Duffy) and a very, very strong inside presence.

Jamie's a good shooter against zones. She got open looks, and she can make those against zones.

We did a good job on the defensive end of making them take contested shots. Defensively, I thought we did a good job to start the second half.

She has a lot of ability, and she's going to end up being a good player. We're not going to take anybody that can't play here. Shawn had nothing to do with us recruiting her. It was based on her. She was good enough to play here.

We wanted to control Megan Duffy, we wanted to keep Notre Dame off the foul line, but we did not stop the high-low game.

In my 12 years in this league this is the best it's ever been, and there are no easy games. If you don't come to play you're going to get beat. It's going to be a battle.

We just need to get the game to be at our speed and our tempo and work on defending their speed, athleticism and physical ability. Duffy can't go crazy on us. We've got to control her. We can't let them run their high-low stuff or get second shots because they're a powerful rebounding team.

That's a substantial honor. She is in among great, great student-athletes. She certainly has a tough load.