Quotes by Cheryl Burnett

“We still have one of the youngest teams in America.”

“When I looked on the court last year, about every possession I was seeing four freshmen. Well be the most experienced sophomore class in the Big Ten. Finally, we have some experience. Finally, now we have some carry-over in knowledge.”

“My expectation will be -- has been every year -- it will always be to get into the NCAA tournament, whatever that means. I will be disappointed if that does not happen this year.”

“We put ourselves in a position (to win). A couple of shots go in, we get a couple more (defensive) stops and we win a game. Im proud of our kids for battling, but were not a program that just wants to battle (with) people. We want to beat people.”

“We didnt always take the open shots, we made things harder than they had to be, and then when Ohio State got it going in the second half, that was the ball game.”

“No question, our inability to handle their pressure was the difference. Im not taking anything away from Michigan State. But we didnt make very good decisions.”

“Im taking nothing away from Michigan State - they do a great job with their pressures, with the kind of presses and defenses they throw out - but at the same time, we just werent making very good decisions.”

“Either we were scoring or we were turning the ball over. We thought this was a good time to play them with them coming off two tough games, but we didnt execute well enough.”

“We were still within shouting distance. And then of course they busted it open.”

“Id like to answer that question honestly, but we have seven. Its not like its going to change.”