James Armstrong on Mississippi State's First SEC Tournament Semifinal

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00:00 I thought it was a really hard-fought, contested game.

00:03 Credit to Arkansas, you know, scored two great goals there.

00:06 I thought we had some close chances in the first half and the second half,

00:09 and I thought we were improved in the second half.

00:11 So, really proud of the effort of the girls.

00:13 It's not easy, you know, playing overtime and penalties the other night

00:16 and coming to play against Arkansas.

00:18 So, there are a lot of things we can take from a positive here.

00:21 It's a great experience, you know.

00:23 It's the first time we've had a bye, so that's important.

00:26 First time we got to the semi-final, so that's important.

00:28 Now you've just got to learn the lessons in terms of what it takes to actually go one more.

00:33 But a lot of things we can take away, positives and things that we can work on.

00:37 I think this is the most competitive.

00:39 I've been in the SEC for 12 years now, and this is the most competitive that I've known it.

00:44 So, I think there's a lot of good teams here,

00:47 a lot of teams that could go on and compete at the start of the week.

00:50 So, high, high level of competition.

00:52 It's been awesome.

00:53 I wish the weather had been a little bit warmer,

00:55 but the hospitality has been great, great accommodation, great food.

01:00 I can't say enough about the complex.

01:04 Huge improvements to last year.

01:05 The playing surface was great.

01:07 Locker rooms were great.

01:08 So, overall, a really well-run tournament.

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