SEC vs. Big Ten In NCAA Tournament, March Madness

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00:00Kind of alluded to where I was going with my question.

00:02You talked about the SEC, and I was

00:04thinking with the conference in SEC versus Big 10,

00:08did you see that there was a difference in how, I guess,

00:12the intensity of playing against?

00:14Was it something with the conference, a rivalry,

00:17or do you think it would have mattered?

00:19I mean, we're playing against US Sweet 16.

00:21It was USC against Mississippi State.

00:26Conferences don't get trophies for who wins most games

00:28in the tournament.

00:29We're trying to get us where we need to go.

00:30But that said, I think there is a perception less about,

00:34it was only our first year in the Big 10,

00:36but more about the West Coast.

00:38People think the West Coast teams aren't as tough

00:40or what have you.

00:41Or there's a persona that maybe teams in other areas

00:44are tougher.

00:45I mean, if you've seen us play this year,

00:48I think everyone would say that we're

00:52a skilled and physical team, a lot of athleticism,

00:56a lot of speed and power.

00:57And just, we're not going to get punked.

00:59That's just not the way we're going to go down.

01:01I didn't think it was anything special to do with conferences.

01:03It's just we knew they were going to come in here

01:06and try to manhandle us.

01:08And that just wasn't going to happen.

01:11Right down here in the front.

01:15Hi, Dominique Williams, Annenberg Media.

01:17Coach, can you tell me what was going through your mind

01:19when Malia went down and she banged her head and just

01:22the first shot?