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...
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.
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.
believed fact good majority shot shots sign
If you look at the shooting, the fact that we got 70 shots was amazing. I think that's a sign that they believed they could make the shot and a good majority of them went in and out.
maybe point starting
We're not on Connecticut's level, but I think we're starting to get to the point that maybe we can be competitive with them.
country philosophy top tournament
Why not Pitt? We're in one of the top conferences in the country. The philosophy (for tournament selection) is if you go .500 in your conference, you're in. That's the way it is in the ACC, SEC, all the top conferences.
struggled
We didn't have a flow. I thought we really struggled offensively.
both east fighting fights-and-fighting fought hard ncaa virginia west wins
This was a hard fought game, because both us and West Virginia are fighting for our lives. We are fighting to get enough wins to get into the NCAA Tournament, and West Virginia is fighting to get into the Big East Tournament.
bust happen walls work
We always tell our ladies, you work hard, you bust your butt, you go through walls and it will happen for you. And it didn't happen for us.
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.
basketball half pitt played
I thought that first half of basketball, Pitt played really, really well.
effort game lack lose
I think we really battled them. We did not lose this game because of a lack of effort and I think that's really important for us.
atmosphere college great tonight
This was a great college atmosphere tonight for women's basketball.