18 Quotes by Jim Wiedie

She does a great job of recognizing who to get the ball to and when to get it to them or when she needs to step up and be more of a scorer.

Maybe we were focusing a little too much on the championship, being on our home court in front of all our fans. Now we just have to focus on Southern Illinois and get ready to take care of business in the MVC tournament.

I'd be lying if I said this wasn't a game that we've been looking forward to. Our fans haven't stopped talking about it since last March.

I am so very proud of what you've been able to accomplish. I'm so proud of the way you've been able to represent this university and I thank you for bringing joy to my life and the season that you've given me this year.

I thought we played extremely well tonight. We executed the press effectively and our offense was clicking on all cylinders.

I thought out kids did a tremendous job of bringing the defense.

Our strength of schedule was not fantastic, but it was not as bad as some that got in. When you look at 18-12 teams getting in from power conferences -- the mid-majors seem to be left out in the cold. It seems like it works a little differently on the men's side.

I would like to think with the type of season that we've had, we're well-deserving of (an NCAA bid). I hope that we don't get left out because that would leave a real void in these seniors' careers.

We were very fortunate to get the win today. As the season goes along you need these kinds of gut-check games. I think our kids showed a lot of character, especially in the second half.