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...
east finish goals ncaa next picked qualify second seed sixth team winning
I feel like this team is focused. We know what our goals are. The first was to have a winning season, which we have. The second was to qualify for the Big East Tournament, which we did as the sixth seed after being picked to finish 11th. And the next goal is the NCAA Tournament.
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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.
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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.
deserved felt history tonight worked
We felt tonight like we would make history. We thought we deserved it and worked for it.
credit game lack lose proud team
We didn't lose this game from lack of effort. I give credit to Connecticut because they are a top-notch program. But I am proud of our team and our effort.
focus halftime point rest section student task team
At this point in the season, there are no excuses. I told the team at halftime to focus on the task at hand. I had to tell them not to focus on the student section or the rest of the crowd.
ncaa
We feel like we should go to the NCAA tournament. We're excited.
clueless ncaa
We're clueless when it comes to that. We're 18-9 and we feel like we should go to the NCAA Tournament.
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We really thought we would be making history (last night). We wanted to be here saying we got Pittsburgh into the NCAA Tournament for the first time. This has been a magical season, and we aren't going to let not being selected to the NCAA Tournament take away from what we have accomplished this season, even though we really believed we would be invited.
dame good struggled
We really struggled offensively. We didn't have a flow. Notre Dame did a good job.
That was the only thing that was disappointing about the first half.
huge sustain victory
That was a huge victory for us, but we couldn't sustain it.
bringing deserve faithful men people support
We need more support like the men get, but you have to show them that you deserve it. But we have faithful people and they're bringing people with them.