Lin Laursen Quotes (15 Quotes)

They've had a great program for years, and they're going to be a worthy opponent.

I don't know why any team would say anything to give perhaps the best player in the country some extra motivation.

People put us on such a pedestal, and that makes it tough when everybody's gunning for you. It was like it was us against the world and we didn't get it done. We didn't show up until the last 10 minutes, and it cost us.

It's a loser against a loser. I haven't even thought about it yet. What happened tonight stings, and it hasn't sunk in yet.

Our Big 3 is as good of a frontcourt combination as we've had here, and they certainly played well. They're all having phenomenal years and phenomenal careers. Teams might be able to stop one of them, but the package is pretty dangerous.

We made a statement tonight. There's not a lot I can complain about. We played awfully well. If we play like this, or anywhere close to this in the next two games, I think we're going to be in good shape.

This hurts because it's been such a great bunch of girls to work with. The bottom line was, we did too many dumb things at dumb times, and it cost us.

It was a good night to stuff the stat sheets. Danielle had a great night. She just plays so hard and with such heart all the time.

I asked our girls at halftime if they wanted to give away their home-court advantage for the playoffs. Then we came out and put together a solid second half.

We played with a lot more intensity in the second half. I had some things to say to some of them, and I think maybe I made them mad. Sometimes they play better when they're mad.

It was nice to get it taken care of early. We've been wearing a target on our back all season, and that's not an easy thing to do. All the pressure was on us, and Cochise had nothing to lose.

I think anybody here that's not a Central fan wants to see us get knocked off. We're the top dog. I'm just so proud of these players for the way they've responded to all of this. They have some talent, but the most important thing is heart, and these girls have it.

After 32 games, a freshman really isn't a freshman any more.

We were ready to play, even though they were able to stay with us for a while. I was really proud of our players for that. We'd been here since Saturday, and we were all getting tired of sitting around. Time seemed to be standing still. But at game time, we were ready.

We had to put some pressure on them and turn it into a basketball game again. Once we did that, we got some things accomplished.