Ann Owen Quotes

I`m really excited. A lot of our older players were here. I felt like the old guys were back and we played our old style.

I did not feel that we were in sync. I think you have to give Illinois some credit for that but I also think you have to give us some blame.

I thought we had it won a couple of times and let it slip away.

Even the officials looked at me before the game and said this is special. It was a big win.

I`m not sure how many people would have picked us to win either road game. We played at the two toughest road places.

I think it was one of the most incredible performances I`ve seen.

He probably tried to do too much because he was forced into that position.

It will be good to be home, and we have to find a way to get back to what we`ve done. It`s not like we have to reinvent the wheel, but we just have to get back to playing the offensive basketball we`ve been playing instead of the standing around that we`ve been doing (lately).

I`m looking at this as a miniature Bob Hope tour. We`re going to get a chance to bring a little bit of America over to them, since they`ve done so much for us.

When we won the national championship (in 2000), it was an incredible run and an incredible week, but when I walked off the airplane and pulled up to the hotel and someone pokes his head in the bus and says `Thank you,` I knew what this was going to be about,