Virginia Head Coach Tina Thompson

Opening Statement:

“I know I’m starting to sound a little bit like a broken record, but there have been a few times that I’m disappointed with our effort. It’s just our intention, with our effort, just being disciplined in us executing our game plan offensively and defensively. When we do that we’re really good and when we don’t we’re not so good. When it’s been so much time since [we] won a game, that baggage just gets really tough to carry. So when you put yourself in a position where you’re constantly digging yourself out of the hole, it’s a really, really tough task. We continue to fight like in the second half, but that first quarter was just really hard for us to overcome.”

On the team’s mindset after starting 0-11 in the ACC:

“Literally, we’re in last place. We’re the only team that hasn’t won a game yet but we’re being competitive. It’s no secret to us or anyone in this league that this league is difficult, and it’s really, really competitive. It takes a consistent effort to win games, no matter who you are. Whether you are a top five team in the country, or you’re last place in the ACC. It is possible if you are playing at a certain level consistently from start to finish. We’ve been in quite a few games where they should have been winnable games for us, but if we’re not doing or executing the things that we need to, in order to win games, you don’t necessarily deserve to win those games. We want to win. Our kids want to win, but there’s a certain effort that needs to happen consistently in order for that to come to fruition.”

Guard Amadine Toi

On the attitude in the locker room:

“We want to win. We’ve been competing the last few games really hard to get those wins. Now we just have to finish. We’re going to keep getting prepared for the few games that are coming for us and we’re going to get wins. We want to get those wins. We’re going to keep getting ready for them and I think they’re going to come. It’s like [Tina Thompson] said, we want them so bad that I think they’re gonna come for us as long as we try to get prepared and do what we’ve got to do to win.”