Agnus Berenato
Agnus Berenato
Agnus Berenato, is the head coach of Kennesaw State University and was the head women's basketball coach at Rider University from 1982 to 1985, Georgia Tech from 1989 to 2003, and the University of Pittsburgh from 2003 to 2013. She is the all-time wins leader among women's basketball head coaches at the University of Pittsburgh...
conference experience ncaa pittsburgh university winning
I want the University of Pittsburgh to experience those things that Connecticut has experienced with conference championships and NCAA titles. We will be a winning program.
closing compete game good hard players superior work
They were better conditioned than us and are superior athletes. This game showed my players how hard you have to work to compete at this level. We are closing the gap, and I feel good about this team.
behind last nine percent points score shoots
We're behind by seven. Duffy shoots 90 percent at the line. We're not going to score nine points in the last 15 seconds.
bit fact great happens shots weathered
The fact that we got 70 shots is amazing. That's being a little bit tight. That's what happens when you play a great team. Connecticut weathered the storm. They're a great team.
against chances good ncaa schedule top tough tournament west
We are confident. I like our team's chances at an NCAA Tournament bid. We had a tough schedule at the end of the season, having to play at West Virginia, against Rutgers and at Notre Dame. We have a good RPI (64th) and are in one of the top conferences in the country.
cast closed gap players score supporting sustain victory
When they did that, their supporting cast was shell-shocked. I told my players to go out and think that the score was 0-0 when it was really 26-9. They closed the gap to 29-20 right before the half. That was a big victory for this young team. We just weren't able to sustain it.
awesome crowd focus home kept sluggish task team telling
We were a little sluggish at first, but there are no excuses. The home crowd was an awesome environment. I kept telling my team to focus on the task at hand.
anyone combat near pittsburgh recruit tried
We didn't have anyone to combat Schrader's size. And we know all about Allen. She's from near Pittsburgh and we tried to recruit her.
nine points
You put two more points on there, and we're not going to get nine points in 15 seconds.
exceeded might people though
There were probably a lot of people who thought we might not have made it this far, but we did. I feel like, even though we aren't in the championship game, that we exceeded expectations.
defensive practice prepare team
This is the second-best defensive team in the nation. You can't prepare for that. We can't practice that kind of heat.
came conference east game motto pittsburgh psychology reverse talked team telling tournament year
This is a year of firsts for this Pittsburgh team. Our motto has been all year, 'Why not Pitt?' We came here to win. I talked to my team before the game and used reverse psychology by telling them Pitt had been to the Big East tournament before and Cincinnati, which is new to the conference this year, hadn't been here before. So they thought 'We' had been here before and they were right. 'We' as in 'Pitt' were before.
east face slap
This is a slap in the face to the Big East not to get more teams.
hard history tonight
This is hard for me. We thought tonight we were going to make history.