Lindsey Harding Quotations

I don't feel like there's any pressure to try to score 100 points. We just have so many people on the team that can score. That's how we get a lot of points.

I expected them to make a comeback. They're Tennessee. But we had so much depth, we were able to keep going and going and going. It seemed like we never got tired.

It hurts not to win the game knowing you had it. There's no reason we shouldn't have (won it).

I think it's so good for women's basketball. I feel like five or six years ago, the No. 1 team was so far ahead compared to other high-ranked teams. We had four undefeated teams at one point late in the season.

It gives a team a lot of confidence. They might feel like they have momentum. You just feel good when you come off playing really well.

Our timing was kind of off at times. We'll work through it and get through it. It's just like a little bump. It's really, in my opinion, not really a big deal -- I'm not sure what Coach G said. We'll bounce right back from it.

I woke up knowing we were going to win this for her. I wanted to win this for Coach G. I get tired of people saying she can't win the big game.

I think this was a really important game for us just to get it all started. There are six games on the way to the national championship and we wanted to start off right.

I was pushing it as fast as I could. Our wings were getting out and our posts were running the floor. We had so much depth, we were able to keep going and going and going.

We made her get up on the bus and start singing and dancing. She did a little twist on the bus, but she gets embarrassed pretty quickly.

Those are two great players. They both deserve it.

We were into the game. It was a great basketball game all-around and that was a big shot. You heard Barbara say she's a senior and she wanted it in her hands. She made a big play when it counted.

We play a lot of pressure man-to-man defense. But as far as changing up what we do, we don't want any team to get comfortable with our defense.

We were kind of jumping up and down.

We can't sleep on them; we have to play hard.

Every time I touched the ball, I was going to push it as fast as I could. We had so much depth that we could keep going and going. It seemed like we never got tired.

We had to calm down and figure out what was going to work for us, so we started to work it inside, use our penetration, and then we went on a run.

We have experience on this team. We're used to big games, we're used to big crowds. We actually feed off that whether it's an away big game, or a home big game.

Every shot she had someone in her face. Any time she got the ball I swear I'd leave my man and fly to try to double her.

Some people went home, and I went out with friends. All of us left campus, and I just knew that I could not wait to get back to practice.

They knocked down almost every shot they took. They did a great job of moving the ball, going inside and just mainly knocking down the shots and knocking down big shots when it counted.

They're really active, and they like to put pressure on the ball, but you've still got to remember that it's just a zone, and all zones have weaknesses. You can penetrate it, skip the ball in and move it into the gaps -- you can get open shots.

I took gymnastics for years. I told everyone if we win, I'll do back flips up and down the court.

I tried not to let her touch the ball. I was trying to follow her and deny her the ball. The only thing that was open was the back door but they didn't look for that.

It's really disappointing to not make it to the finals and not have a chance to win it. We all felt that this was our tournament.

That's our strength. We didn't have many fast-break points that I can remember in the first half. We had to take advantage of our transition game. That's where we score a lot. Coach told us at halftime we have so much depth and we have to play hard enough to use it.

I wanted to win it for Coach G. I get tired of people saying she can't win the big one and this and that. When it came down to the final, it was us as players. We were the ones who had to execute. She had us well prepared.

They went on a run, but we had to calm down and figure out what would work for us. We started going back inside.

After that, I'll know everything. To be completely honest with you, I know about Tennessee because they talk about them all the time, I know about UNC because we play them all the time. Other than that -- we just played Wake Forest and I knew they liked to shoot a lot, but other than that, not much.

I don't think I realized how big the Final Four was. I just kind of assumed that I would get here every year because that's just all I knew. I was really tense and really nervous in the game because I didn't feel like I had full control of things. I was just a freshman, and I didn't know what I was doing in a way.

I didn't think we'd shut her out in the first half; she's a great player. We wanted to make her work really hard so she'd wear down.

You can't really go by that going into this game, because that was so early in the season. I know we've changed as a team, and I know they have as well.

It's kind of like a revenge thing. Yeah, we beat them twice in a row, but they beat us last. We want to get that back. It worked out perfectly with this being the last game of the year. I think it will be a great game.