Geno Auriemma Quotes on Night (9 Quotes)

We've got some good basketball left in us we haven't played yet. There's a lot that still has to come together for us and hopefully it will be Monday night.

Obviously in the long term, as the season wears on, there's no way you can be as good a team without someone who is, I think, one of the best five players in the league. Meg can put up 20 points every night, and that has to be comforting. But this West Virginia team is still one of the best that I've seen. That team is very difficult to play against.

Based on what I thought Wednesday night, when I saw what she looked like in the locker room after the game, to when I saw her Friday, I'm 100 percent more optimistic. You go from, 'it could be cracked and she's out for the rest of the season,' to 'it's a really bad sprain, but nothing that can't be taken care of.' That's a pretty big difference.

My hope is that sometime in the next 24 hours, we play as close to our ability as we can. I wouldn't be at all disappointed if around 1130 Tuesday night, I'm saying that's the best game we played all year. That would be pretty good. Right now, we need to play one of the best games we've played.

(Turner) had an unbelievable night. There comes a point and time when you're a senior when you have to start to assert yourself. Usually those times are on the road.

That first half, they played us as well as any team has played us. I like the way we responded to that situation when they took the lead. I hope that sets us up well for Tuesday night.

I think Brittany Hunter is capable of playing lousy against anybody like she did (Sunday) night. And I think she's capable of playing great like she played against Tennessee, against anybody.

I dont know if you can play better than she has the last two nights, Tuesday and (Thursday). She really has improved 100 percent, not 50, I think shes 100 percent better than she was last year.

As long as we play defense like that and keep people in the 50s we'll be all right. Some nights you're going to shoot the ball poorly and it's going to be 60-something to 50-something. Some nights you're going to shoot 60-something percent and it's going to be 90-something to 50-something. But you've got to be able to play with the game on the line, which I think we showed (Saturday).