Brenda Frese
Brenda Frese
Brenda Sue Frese is an American women's basketball head coach and former player. Since 2002, she has served as the head coach of the University of Maryland women's basketball team. In her fourth year as head coach, she won the 2006 Women's National Championship. She won the 2009 ACC Regular Season and Tournament Championships - the women's first ACC Championship since 1989. She won another ACC Championship in 2012 and reached another Final Four in 2014. Maryland moved to the...
second stepped
She stepped up big in the second half.
felt shot wants
Shay wants to take the big shot and always has for us. We called the timeout. We just felt like we had to go to Shay or Crystal.
backed beast defend difficult
She is very difficult to defend on the block. She is strong. She is physical. She is aggressive. I thought she really backed us down low. And I thought she was just a beast out there on the glass.
decision difficult obviously tremendous
Obviously it was a difficult decision after having a tremendous year.
breakfast eat ready smile
As you can see by the smile on her face, she had a little to eat for breakfast and I think she will be ready to go.
exciting
it's going to be a fast-paced exciting game.
finally great room
It's great to finally see this room full.
dangerous played players team
They played like warriors. They played like champions. That's why this team is so dangerous when you see the players and the rotation. ... That's what you have to have to be a championship team.
committing definitely doors huge maryland opened perspective players talented top validation yes
For her to be able to say yes to Maryland, was a huge validation for our program. I really think it opened up the doors to a lot of perspective student-athletes and recruits out there that, hey, as they see these talented players committing to Maryland, that Maryland is definitely a top choice.
believe believers chip heart performance played proud season team tonight
They have the heart of a lion. They believe in each other ... I'm really proud of them. All season long this team has played with a chip on their shoulder. They've got a lot of believers tonight after the performance they put on.
game hit played prettiest tremendous
It wasn't the prettiest game we've played to date. St. John's had a tremendous game plan, and they hit a lot of big shots.
grind says shows toughness
It says a lot that we were able to grind it out. It shows the toughness of this team.
needed pressure sweet themselves wanting
They put more pressure on themselves than they needed to and the expectations of wanting to get to a Sweet 16.
difficult team turn
We wanted to try to turn them into a jump-shooting team as much as possible. And we also wanted them to have to take difficult shots.