Susan Walvius Quotations

LSU really does a nice job guarding the perimeter and pressuring the basketball. The one thing LSU does different from other teams is they have extremely active hands on the ball. They get a lot of deflections and play the passing lanes. Teams tend to throw (ball) away because it looks like the passing lanes are open.

She's starting to get it back. It's not only the injury, it's being out of basketball for a year. It's a timing issue. But she's going to be really good, and we're excited about her.

She's really hard to guard. She's arguably the best player in the SEC because of her versatility, her physical strength and her ability to step out and shoot the basketball.

She's just starting to get back into the loop. And I think sometimes the SEC can be a little daunting for all freshmen when you're looking at kids that you've had their poster up on your wall. When you're facing a Georgia or Tennessee, we need to work her in and let her get a feel for the game.

She may be the fastest guard in the country. She's super quick and super fast.

She may be the fastest guard in the country. She certainly was the catalyst for her team.

Her role in this game was to go offensively until they stopped her. She did a great job of that in the first half and was extremely unselfish in the second half.

I was concerned about this game because I know how strong Auburn is defensively.

I thought we did a nice job on the boards, and I thought our defense was solid. We have held our last five teams under 35 percent shooting and then when you rebound the basketball like we did, it helps you to be successful.

Lauren's not afraid to shoot the ball. She's a fearless player, and that's what we need right now.

Lauren is a leader by example. She's passionate about the game and does a good job. She is a different type of player than I've coached in the past. She's really unselfish and will do whatever it takes to win.

I thought we were careless at times tonight, and I don't know where that came from. We wanted to take advantage of our size and depth inside against this team, and we tended to force things instead of moving the ball.

Stacy really cares about winning. She wants to shoot the ball, and she's really tough on herself. We really need her shooting and the way she gets after the ball defensively.

I thought Ilona and the rest of the low post players did an excellent job. We've been working on that all year and tonight I think we were finally able to execute it and take advantage of our size inside.

We had opportunities and we turn the ball over and we're better than that. We worked to not hold the ball for so long because it strengthens the defense. Sometimes in those stretches, we tried to make the home run pass for the easy score but ended up turning it over.

You have opportunities and you turn the ball over ... we're better than that. One thing our team is working to understand is a little more of a sense of urgency, a little more aggressiveness without hurrying.

We were able to take Arkansas' strengths away from them, and it was really a solid all around defensive effort. The nice thing about our basketball team is you are going to have a different person step up on any night of the week.

This team will reach its potential this year. I see that.

We talked about it at the beginning of the season -- that we had a very tough stretch to open the SEC schedule. We only have two losses to non-top-20 teams, and our team understands that. Our team is very focused on the big picture. We're in a very good place, and we're in a position to do extremely well.

You'd think we'd walk out with a W.

Besides some unnecessary turnovers, I was proud of our teams' overall play. I can see potential.

You're going to have days when you don't have a great game. We've got a great basketball team and I hope the NCAA will take a look at that.

This is certainly the best showing and the best play we've had against Tennessee in a long time.

Not many teams have to come out and play No. 1 and No. 3 and then play on the road. We have confidence in this team. They've got to weather the tough part of this schedule mentally.

I'm excited for our kids because they are going to get to experience post-season basketball. They have worked hard for the opportunity to play in March and I am happy to see them in a position to be rewarded for that. With as many players as we have coming back, this is valuable experience.

I like being the bubble team. If the NCAA committee will look at our last 10 games, I think we have a very good chance to get in.

I hope the NCAA will take a good, hard look at our team. You are going to have days when you do not have good games. We had one of those today.

If you can finish in the top half of the SEC ... and get into the tournament then you'll usually advance pretty far into it. Our focus has been that ... we know that there is a formula to getting to the NCAA tournament, and that doesn't mean winning every basketball game.

In the first three minutes we had some defensive breaks.

In the SEC, we're playing against teams that are very solid defensively. It's almost like a defensive chess match out there. I'd like to see us play with a little more patience. When we see a zone defense, we have the mentality to set-up offensively instead of attack. We need to play with more of a sense of urgency.

Honestly, I believed we could win this game.