Mark Trakh Quotes (20 Quotes)

Wiggins is the real deal. She's the Vince Young of women's basketball.

We just ran into a buzz saw. I don't want to make excuses. We just didn't play well. A lot of teams play seven people. I think it was a question of Stanford being a monster out there tonight.

Luckily we won the game by two, but I thought it was a well-played game. Both teams played very, very well, and I'm just proud of the kids. We won a lot of close games this year.

I wonder about that. If you've got a big kid that you go into all the time and all of a sudden that big kid goes one for 10, do you say you live by the inside game and you die by the inside game

Brooke Smith commands a double down. She's so skilled and her footwork is so good. She's like an old-time player with her back to the basket, and she's got all the moves.

I was just praying she'd make it the free throws. It's just a shame somebody had to lose this game. Our kids have a lot of heart.

They put their pants on one leg at a time just like we do. It just takes them a little longer to get them up.

I thought there would be a little learning curve, but they're athletic, they're strong, they all jump really, really well. They're not playing like freshmen. They're not playing like freshmen at all. They're going to be scary in the next few years I'm including this year in the next few years.

It's having an effect on us in the second half of games, especially on defense. There's some games we've done well in the first half, and in the second half the floodgates opened.

I think the conference is as strong, if not stronger, than last year. Could an argument for five NCAA teams be made today I think so.

To be honest with you, ASU had its first off game of the year, and luckily it was against us. (ASU) will come out playing hard and go after it today. They are an excellent team. We know we are in for a tough game.

They are going to be scary for a long time. And I'm including this year when I say that.

For the survivor of this, it's going to be quite an accomplishment. There are a lot of good teams in the conference and a lot of people can beat other people. It's going to be saying something to win this tournament.

We were going with a triangle-and-two and a diamond-and-one. It's like pick-your-poison with them. We wanted to force the other kids to knock down shots and they did. We left people wide open.

It seems every time we play Washington, it goes down to the wire.

It's a top-five - might've been the top recruiting class in the country last year. It's going to be a tough game we're going to have to put a body on (Hampton) or else she's going to run wild.

They are built for this tournament right now. That's why I think they can go pretty deep.

Camille made some big shots there at the end. I thought we played hard and I was happy with how we executed down the stretch.

We have to win three more games.

They turned up the intensity, and having a team as young as ours, our shot selection wasn't as good in the second half. They're young and we're young. We're going to be different teams a month from now.