Tom Collen
Tom Collen
Tom Collenis a former head women's basketball coach who was most recently the head coach at the University of Arkansas...
achieve came confidence difference fire frustrated good locker played pleased second sports
I was very pleased with our second-half effort. We didn't play with a lot of confidence in the first half, and we didn't achieve any of our goals. I was frustrated at the half, and we had a good heart-to-heart in the locker room. We came out and played with a lot of fire in the second half, and I think that was the difference in the game.
front games good kinds rivalry top turn
It was pretty ugly. But sometimes these kinds of games, rivalry games in front of big crowds, turn into brawls. And so if you can come out on top of the brawl, you've done some pretty good things.
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They're a veteran team that's well-coached. They like to pound the ball inside, but they're also a good shooting team from the perimeter, so they protect their inside game.
bit girl good happened last simple week
The same thing happened last week at Pittsburgh. I told them, 'If we're going to be good in this league, then you got her, you got her, you got her and you need to get your girl stopped.' We had a little bit more of that in the last 10 minutes, and as simple as it sounds, that was a difference-maker for us.
attention focus frustrated good job simply year
She's battled at times this year just because she's the focus of attention defensively. And we simply haven't done a good job of getting her the ball. I think at times that has frustrated her.
continues credit good late played plays
She made all the plays late and to her credit she's going to be a good one for them as she continues to play for them the way she played tonight.
boast game good lost maybe saw seed underdog west
I don't think we saw this coming. I thought we were ready. But there are not many conferences who can boast a 12 seed as good as West Virginia. We approached this game like we were the underdog having lost to them, but maybe that wasn't the right way to do it.
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Out of the shoot, we fell prey to a team that was fired up. When I watched them lose to Temple the other night, I knew we were in trouble.
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I think they?re excited about it. They can hear about (being in the Big East) or read about it in the papers, but now here we are. I think they?re excited to see what the big time is all about.
everybody handled jazz others step though
Jazz has handled it well even though everybody focuses on her. We need others to step up and score.
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Last time we played, they just flat out stepped up and shot the basketball. But without Meg, West Virginia certainly is a different team. She is a great all-around player. But they still have talent.
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We were very frustrated. As I was sitting watching the Temple-Rutgers game on TV, I was saying, 'Please, Rutgers win.'... I know Vivian and I knew she was going to let them hear about it.
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We wanted to make sure Duffy was tired at the end. We wanted to limit her touches. She might be the best point guard in the league. I don't think she looks at herself as a big-time scorer.
against game hope played recovered
I hope we recovered out of our three-game skid. I thought we bounced back and played pretty well against Marquette. It was an important game for us.