Kansas senior guard Holly Kersgieter and head coach Brandon Schneider discuss the importance of Sunday's win over the Kansas State Wildcats in Allen Fieldhouse.
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00:00 Holly, when you take a few days and then look back on it, is this going to be your favorite
00:05 memory of playing in the Sunflower Showdown?
00:07 Yeah, not even close.
00:09 Even though the attendance was technically less than the NIT, in my head, the first thought
00:16 was this is the best memory I have of an Open house.
00:22 Whether you're playing for a championship or whatever it is, having a home rivalry game
00:27 this packed against a top 10 team, at a crucial moment in the season, I thought to myself,
00:35 this is the best moment I've had.
00:37 That's all it takes.
00:39 I was looking around at one point and I thought, all the bad things that have happened, just
00:45 forget about it and just enjoy the way you're at.
00:49 It's almost subversive, but I'm not.
00:53 That was really great.
00:55 I don't think our team expected to get that crowded.
00:58 The turnout was great.
01:00 That gore you get late in the game, you go on a run, you don't get that a lot with girls.
01:08 It was great.
01:10 Holly talked about how this is probably her favorite memory in Allen Fieldhouse.
01:15 How does this rate for you?
01:17 I would have to agree.
01:20 I think for a lot of reasons, obviously the NIT championship was great last year, but
01:26 this team is fighting for an NCAA tournament berth.
01:30 I think this is a top 10 win late in the year.
01:35 It's one of those that you add to the resume and hopefully solidifies the opportunity to
01:42 compete here in a couple weeks.
01:46 The attendance number speaks for itself, but to have Lynette Woodard in attendance,
01:50 how special is that?
01:52 It's awesome for her to be able to come into the locker room and speak with the team
01:57 after the game.
02:00 She's been incredible for me just since my time here.
02:07 She reached out early on and she was a big part of all that we've been able to do to
02:12 get Coach Washington back and recognize Coach and all the contributions that she made
02:18 to the program.
02:20 We're so excited to see that she's a finalist for the Naismith Hall of Fame.
02:24 Very well-deserving and we're rooting for her.
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