Barbara Turner Selves Quotations

I think we learned that when it comes down to it, if we can make big shots offensively we?re going to put ourselves in a position to win because we?re going to get things done defensively. I think that?s the biggest thing we can take from this tournament ? and I think that?s the best part about this tournament ? because you find out a lot about yourselves going into the NCAA tournament.

I would say (it's a must-win). You don't ever want to put a game in that situation, but realistically we need to come out with a big victory in order to keep ourselves in that elite class with the top teams in the country. So far we've looked really bad and then we came close. Now it's time to jump over that hump and get a win.

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.

I know we didn't play our 'A' game. I give them credit. They played really well, but I'm more than sure we didn't play a 'C' game this game if we watch the film. We didn't do enough to win this game. But we have to deal with it. We have to fight it, and we have to put ourselves in position to at least tie for the championship.

They?re entitled to feel how they want to feel about their program. Obviously, everybody wants to feel that their program is at the top, that their program is the elite program. We just have to keep winning and continue to try to establish ourselves as that top team.

I guess we have proven everything everyone said right, because I don?t know if we would have been in this same position last year if we had her. Until we prove otherwise and we are able to establish ourselves as being able to be leaders and help this team, that will forever be engraved in everyone?s memory.

We're more concerned about ourselves and how we prepare to play in the game. If we come in with the right mindset, know what we want to do in the game, then I think we'll be fine.

Wherever we're at, we're at. At this time of year, we just need to focus on what we need to do to prepare ourselves for this tournament. That's what we've done best the past three days. Just focus on ourselves.

It?s going to be ugly sometimes. We?re not the Connecticut teams of old. Every shot is not going to fall, the ball is not going to move the way people want it to move. It?s just a matter of us keeping the confidence that we can keep ourselves in a position to win. That?s all we?re focused on right now.

We need to win this game to put ourselves in first place, alone. I think that?s the most important thing that we need to get out of this game, not that we have anything to prove or anything like that. We just need to put ourselves in position to be in first place.

It's hard to even talk about. We allowed ourselves to lose our composure and not execute. We just fell apart. They started to press and we lost our minds.