MTSU women's basketball coach Rick Insell was very matter-of-fact with his team before Sunday's March Madness second round game against LSU in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

In his pregame locker room speech shown by ABC, Insell told the players that books will be written about what MTSU does in Sunday's game.

"Well, (LSU has) everything in their favor. They're playing in front of their crowd, they're playing in their gym," Insell said in the initial snippet shown by ABC. "They've got the pressure on them."

"You don't go out there and be nervous. I don't care how loud they get," Insell said. "You don't go out there and be nervous. How many shots in a row they hit in a row -- don't worry about it. Just like the other day, Do our thing."

"There's no secret formula. They're just like y'all," Insell continued in another snippet. "They got up this morning. Some of them didn't sleep last night. Some of them did, because they probably didn't think y'all were worthy of being here. Well, let me tell you something: We're worthy of being here. They haven't gone through what we've gone through."

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"... They're going to write books about you. Your granddaughters are going to be able to check it out in a library one day and read about you. You got me? Go finish this thing up. Let's go."

The speech must have worked for, at minimum, the first half for the Blue Raiders, who led 36-32 at halftime playing on the road against the defending national champion LSU. MTSU is seeking its first Sweet 16 berth in program history with a win over LSU on Sunday following a first-round upset win over 5-seed Louisville on Friday.

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