Geno Auriemma

You can't gang up on the post players because they have so many good shooters on the perimeter.

You can't gang up on the post players because they have so many good shooters on the perimeter.

I'm glad that she's been patient enough and not kind of succumb to what a lot of coaches succumb to. read more

I'm glad that she's been patient enough and not kind of succumb to what a lot of coaches succumb to. Which is at the first sign of success they jump up to what they think is a greener pasture -- a big-time job somewhere else. But she's been patient enough to kind of build something that's going to be long lasting.

I'm just happy she's been able to have the kind of year, and her team has had the kind of read more

I'm just happy she's been able to have the kind of year, and her team has had the kind of year they've had. Tina desperately wants to win. She loves winning more than anything else. For her team to be No. 1 in the country and to be named the player of the year in the country, it's deserved on all fronts. She's a great kid and, I think, the best player.

I knew we would find a different Notre Dame team than the one we played at their place. I knew read more

I knew we would find a different Notre Dame team than the one we played at their place. I knew we would have to play a lot better than we did there. Our post players came up really big. It went exactly the way I thought it would except for the last five or six minutes, considering the kind of week we had.

I was trying not to play her a lot. I thought we were in pretty good shape at 12-4. I read more

I was trying not to play her a lot. I thought we were in pretty good shape at 12-4. I didn't realize that was the highlight of the first half.