Jeff Judkins Quotations

We have to go in and play with a lot of confidence. We know if we win we are in first place no matter what.

When you're up 25 points, you pull your starters out with 1:54 left in the game. It's a classy way. You don't need to rub it in.

She's the best defender in the league. I don't know what we'd do without her. She's a great example, and busts her tail every day.

She's won two state championships (in high school). In those two championships, she made the plays to win the game. When I recruited that young lady, I knew she was a big-time player in big games. She's had a hard freshman year. She got injured and she got sick. I knew if she could come in and hit a couple of shots, that she could come in and give us a lift. That's the kind of player she is. She played one of her best games of the season.

She scored more points in eight minutes than she scored in the first half. That really hurt us.

Since I've been here, we've never had six teams in the (Ratings Percentage Index) top 60. I think that says a lot for our conference.

Obviously winning the MWC title is great. We haven't been here in awhile, so it's nice to win it again. The championship is great for the BYU program and is truly a testament to the girls on the team.

I wish them the best of luck. They are the best in the country. I think they will be very hard to beat.

I don't know what it is. I think sometimes when you try really hard that things don't work as well or as easy as you hope. And it just wasn't our night tonight.

Havlicek was my idol, so I didn't mind one bit.

I think we're one team that has the interior presence to stay with Oklahoma. I'm not sure if anyone in the Big 12 had the size to compete. But we have to stay out of foul trouble.

Jennie's a gamer. I give a lot of credit to New Mexico's players, but she was absolutely determined to make sure we won this game. She was huge for us.

Kubik played with a lot of confidence and scored well. She was aggressive and almost had a double-double. If I would have played her more, she would have had it.

Our team defense was very good today. I'm seeing a lot of improvement in our freshmen, and I like the way we are coming together as a team.

Marsh is a tremendous post player and an incredible athlete. We've got some really good post players, and we could not stop her.

I was extremely pleased with Laura's effort and work tonight. She may not always get a lot of minutes, but she is a very solid player who is able to stay calm and direct the team. She played great tonight.

I think playing in Denver is an advantage. We've played there (in the Mountain West Conference tournament) the past three years. We're very comfortable in the arena and at the altitude.

I think habit is a big part of the game, and we go through all these routines as a team. I think coming back here, we feel like we know this facility. We know the locker rooms probably as good as anybody.

We couldn't get a shot to go in. I thought if we could keep it between eight and 10 points (at halftime) we could make a run, but they came out with more intensity than we did.

We played Colorado State well last time here and we have played well in Fort Collins the last couple years. I think last year was one of our best games we have played there.

We were here last week. I am really proud of this team. We were picked sixth and won the conference. We made it to the finals of the conference tournament. I think habit is a big part of the game. We go through routines as a team. We know the facility. We know the locker rooms better than anyone. We know the altitude. We hope to get fans from the conference. We feel really comfortable here.

This was a nice win for this team. We're very excited. I thought a lot of players helped us win tonight. Everyone came in and made a real nice effort.

This was a great team effort. They believe in each other and know how to win.

We've got to get our game tuned up. We need to be in a good frame of mind. We got beat, now we have to show how we'll handle it. I have a lot of confidence in this team. They've shown they respond well to that type of situation.

We had a great second half. We did a better job handling the ball and playing more focused. Kubik and Johnsen stepped up huge for us tonight. I'm proud of them both.

This team is young and inexperienced. They haven't been in these type of games, with this pressure. I think they struggled with that a little.

This team has played some close games like this. They've had teams make runs on them. We've had people foul out. They just found a way. That really helped us tonight ? we've been in that situation before.

This team has done it all year. They believe in each other and they don't get down, especially on the road.

What a performance. She did all the things she was supposed to do.

We weren't going to give her a three, no way . . . . But she hit those others, and you have to give them credit for battling their way back into it.

We got outplayed tonight. Utah outplayed us in every part of the game. They wanted this game more.

We're very grateful to be here, although I wish we had played better. But you have to give Oklahoma a lot of credit. They're well-coached and well-organized. They know how to spread the floor and get the ball where it needs to be.

We're very excited to be in the tournament. We know every team there is very talented and has had successful seasons. We haven't been in for the last couple of years, so I think both the team and the university are very excited.

We feel like we play well here with the altitude. We hopefully will get fans here from our conference. It's not a real far trip for our fans. I've been on the other side when we've had to go way back out east, and financially it's hard to have parents and fans come. This is not a real difficult trip. We feel real comfortable here and hopefully we can play well.

We are very grateful to have come here and I am very proud of my team. Oklahoma played very good. They transition well and they are a really well coached team.

Every coach likes turnovers because you can get easy baskets. That turned out to be a huge advantage for us tonight. On offense we didn't worry so much about the posts but focused more on shutting down the outside shots.

Courtney Paris has almost a third of their team's rebounds this season and her twin sister, Ashley, has almost another third. We have to do a good job at not giving them second and third shot opportunities.

The women's game is really changing, and it's really exciting to see it get the exposure that it really deserves. To see her dunk, to see players get so much more quicker, athletic, adds something to this game.

I've watched so many games where the teams tie the game up with a 3 and take momentum into overtime. If they were going to beat us, they were going to do it the hard way by making a free throw, missing the second and getting the rebound. If they do that, they deserve to get into overtime.

They seem to play their best games against us. If we took our average games, we would probably beat them, but they always seem to step it up a notch and really play well.

A lot of players helped us win tonight. Everybody gave us a good effort.

Ambrosia is as gifted offensively and defensively as any of those players in this game.

Ambrosia had some big shots for us and just played very solid overall.

Ambrosia had some big shots for us and just played really solid overall. Kubik and Johnson stepped up huge for us tonight. I am proud of them both.

They have a lot of quickness with Crystal Smith. We haven't seen that in our league. They have size and quickness. The thing that I am impressed with is their balance. They don't make mistakes. They don't beat themselves. Hopefully, we'll be ready for them.

You can't kill a team by practicing too much.

This is very special to me to have that number up there. I'm very honored . . .I've had a lot of wonderful memories in this building.

The more we can win ? and get a good seed and get as good a match-up as possible ? is important.

I tried to run some stuff for her early in the second half, but she just wasn't in sync tonight.

It's going to be a battle. New Mexico is very good and athletic. I think it will be a great game. If we can beat them it will be a big edge for us because we would be up two games on them in the conference. Hopefully we can get four to five thousand fans here.

It's hard to play here. There's a lot of emotion, our girls aren't used to that.

Dani played a great game today. She totally dominated inside. She's playing her best basketball right now.

It was a nice win. It was something this team needed. TCU is a very good team. We really came out and played hard -- that's indicative by the 51 rebounds.

It was a nice win for us. We're very excited to advance. I'm very happy with how we played and I think we had a lot of players come in and help us win.

It was a great defensive effort. We're proud of our inside players both on offense and defense. Melinda and Jenny did an excellent job taking out their top two players.

I've had a lot of thoughts going through my mind and I've watched a lot of film the last day to see how teams have played her. We have some ideas and we're going to try a lot of different things to see what works.

They came out and defensively took it to us. When they're hitting 3s like that it's hard to guard them because (Dionne) Marsh is so good inside.

They made a lot of key plays. They hit key shots when they had to have them. We couldn't cover the post as well because they were hitting.

I'm extremely proud of Ambrosia. She is a special player who works hard and just lets the offense come to her.

I hope they let them play. If they call it close, then I hope they call them on her (Paris) too, because she bodies up and uses her strength to her advantage. But we're going to go through it and make sure our post players know that it's more important for them to be on the floor than sitting next to me.

I'm just really proud of these young ladies. They came together and got it done, it was a big game for us.

I'm very proud of this team. This is the way we've played on the road all year. Our team is solid and confident. We know that if we get down, we have the talent and ability to come back and win the ball game. That is exactly what we did tonight.

In a three-game tournament, you can't rely on your outside game. You've got to have good players inside and you have to be able to stop people. We have the most depth and the best inside presence of any team left in the tournament.

Iowa is a very good team. We'll need to play our best basketball. I just hope we can represent our team and our conference well in the tournament.

I know for Ambrosia, her freshman year we went to the tournament, so it's nice for her last year to have this opportunity.

I don't know if it will come down to those two. But I know those two will be big factors.

The Colorado State game is the game we are going to focus on, that is for sure.

The difference is, New Mexico has been successful there before.

You've got to give Iowa a lot of credit, being down and not quitting. I knew they wouldn't quit.

(The Lobos) have the depth, the experience and the confidence you need to win three games in so little time. You also need good post play to really pace you when your shots might not be there from the outside.