- Says how impressed she was with Queens team that they sat on the bench and watched the whole ceremony. Those in charge at LSU did an amazing job with the whole ceremony and all of it was done first class. Says she is so glad she doesn't wear the rings because of how big they are. She knows everything done last year is on that piece of medal.
- Says she doesn't care they scored in the 100's tonight, she cares about defense. She is challenging them to talk on defensie, high five, slap. She wants them to know where they are on defense. Says she saw more energy from all of her returners tonight. But says we're not a polished product but they will get there.
- She has been blessed to coach every position, they can all score but she is focused on defense right now. Says Angel will find an open player and her guards also have to see through the lane. Things on the offensive side are not as important right now as what they need to work on in defense.
- Angel Reese would take over the huddle and that's what she wants to see. She wants to see that from Angel. Watching the upperclassman challenge the underclassmen is what she loves to see. The freshman played with a spark and she knows that the players she put in the last couple of minutes did not think is was trashy last minutes. They played and wanted coach to see they can play. Says she is pleased from them.
- Says that the emotion for a ring ceremony does not come close to when the clock hits zero or the cutting of the net. She is focused on recruiting and other big things after a ring ceremony tonight. Excited that Alexis Morris was here and Emily Ward was here. The net being cut down was special to her.
- She watched the introductory clip and says when she was introduced here for the first time, she made everyone look at the final four and told them she came here to put a national championship banner up. Now they have built a relevant program. Says how hard it is to win a national championship and says how she has won four at two different institutions. Son says she will beat herself up, after the plane ride back from Las Vegas, her son told her it will never stop until you retire. She has been blessed. Says our institution and state needed that national championship win. As a coach you want to do something impactful.
- Says at the time she was not making a "promise" but she came home to win a national championship and this is what she wants to do. Had a lot of kids who did not know if they wanted to have a smile of have a sour look before tonight's game after the ceremony. Told us Bob Starkey needed to take over yesterday in practice so she can take a breath. Also says Bob Starkey needs to be in the women's basketball hall of fame. She says her team wants to please everyone and they are still not comfortable. She wants them to remeber how bad they played on monday. She believes teams are a reflection of there head coach and she is not that head coach.
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