The first two days were really, really rough. It was kind of hard to look at each other. But we just realized that dwelling on it and letting it defeat us already is not going to help us at all.
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Sometimes you need a loss to realize you strengths and your weaknesses. And I think in that case, we realize our weaknesses. Hopefully, we can learn from it and get ready to play.Barbara Turner
I think we lost focus. I think that's the biggest thing. Any time where you go through a stretch where you're getting every shot you want to get, you're making every play, you're getting rebounds on the defensive end ... you're going to have moments where you're going to struggle. I think we let those moments carry over a little bit too long, especially in the second half after that 18-point lead.
Barbara Turner
It says a lot about us defensively. Any time we put ourselves in position to win the game offensively, we have a chance, because our defense is going to be good. We have confidence that we can get stops.
Barbara Turner
Obviously that is what you want to do here, because Connecticut has a great tradition and a great history over the last 15 years. You are defending that every day when you step out on the practice court or step out there for a game. We all try to work toward getting it back and defending it. That is what we try to do.
Barbara Turner
This season would be really, really special if we were to advance far in the tournament because it's been the toughest season on the players. A lot of these younger guys are experiencing stuff they've never experienced before with all of the pressure and all of the talk about us not being able to play together in the Connecticut basketball sense. It would be very, very gratifying to go far in the tournament. I think that's something that we're trying to feed off of and we're trying to use that to help us play.
Barbara Turner
The obvious thing is we have to take more pride in boxing out and getting bodies on people. Many people may use the excuse because we're small, but rebounding is effort. It has nothing to do with your size. It's how badly you want the ball than the next person. That's all it is.
Barbara Turner
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