Mickie DeMoss
Mickie DeMoss
Mickie Faye DeMossis an American college basketball coach and former player. She became assistant women's basketball coach at Louisiana State University on May 17, 2016. She is the former women's head coach at the University of Florida and the University of Kentucky. She is also a former assistant coach at Louisiana Tech University, University of Tennessee, University of Texas, Auburn University, Memphis State University, and the WNBA's Indiana Fever...
almost kept knew
It's unbelievable, almost surreal. I knew if we kept it close, we had a chance.
against matter players rebound
It's players against players. If we don't rebound and get back on defense, it won't matter how well I know Pat.
bit couple execute execution experience given lack mistakes ncaa ourselves possibly timing youth
They were able to execute a little bit better down the stretch. We made just a couple of execution mistakes that possibly could have given ourselves some better looks. Our timing was off a little and I don't know if that's youth or just lack of experience being in the NCAA tournament.
almost great sitting
It's a great, great win. It's almost like I'm sitting here in a dream.
basketball boils buying commit hard hard-work honor mean peers players recognized team work
It's an honor to be recognized by your peers for your hard work and accomplishments, but it all boils down to the players buying into what you want them to do. You can know all the basketball in the world, but if your team can't commit to play hard and play together, then all that basketball doesn't mean much.
madness measures opening practice standard
It really is madness. This is the standard everyone measures their opening practice by.
huge hunt puts win winning
This win was huge for us. This puts us back in the hunt in the SEC and puts us back on the winning track.
carrot drive driving losses perfect trying
Those losses drive her because she's still trying to perfect the game. You never do perfect it, but that's the carrot that's always dangling. It's the losses that keep driving her.
bench year
They've been big all year for us. Our bench has been instrumental in our success.
fighting fights-and-fighting lose
They don't lose too often. They'll probably come in here fighting mad.
extremely powerful
They're a very powerful team. We'll have to play extremely, extremely well to have a chance.
coming country feeling good longest lost men since streak strong themselves winning
They have the longest winning streak in the country, men or women. They haven't lost since November, so they would have to be coming in here feeling pretty good about themselves and feeling confident. They are a very strong 12th seed.
certainly confidence kids longest streak winning
They have the longest winning streak in the country. I'd have to think his kids have a lot of confidence right now, and when you get in the tournament, you're certainly going to do anything to try to get your kids motivated.
definitely earn fact means motto progress respect year
This means a lot for our team. Our motto this year has been to earn respect It's just another way of validating the fact that we have made some progress at Kentucky. We still aren't where we want to be, but we definitely aren't where we were.