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...
biggest chemistry coming depth handle hungry key national next winning
We're going to have even more depth with who we add. The biggest key is going to be how we handle coming back next year. Are we as hungry after winning a national championship? What's our chemistry like?
believers chip felt fight performance playing respect season step tonight
I'll tell you, all season long this team's been playing with a chip on their shoulder, and I really felt like they have had to fight for respect every step of the way. I'll tell you, they got a lot of believers after tonight and the performance they put on.
dominant heart knew obviously physical prominent special
I just knew they were special players. They had all the heart and obviously all the physical abilities to be two dominant and prominent players.
played word
I didn't have to say a word to them before overtime. They know it's their time. They played with so much confidence.
anytime hit planning until
We're not planning on them getting hit until anytime after Wednesday.
continue group heck steps taking team
To be able to continue to keep taking steps with this team, they just keep taking us for a heck of a ride. I think you can see by now what makes this team and this group so special.
passes runs second unselfish
When we're focused, we can go on runs like that. In the second half, we started making more unselfish passes and made things happen.
competing duke margin talented
We are going to keep competing and we keep getting that margin down. Duke is so talented and so deep.
fact teams three
The fact that it has never been done before in a conference, to have three teams is really special. I think it really validates the three teams and the conference.
seconds
I think it was like 10 seconds after the game.
amount both game gives half love minutes teams tip track tremendous
It gives us a tremendous amount of confidence. You're not having to use that first 10, 20 minutes in the first half of the game to get used to each other's style. We already know from the tip that this game's going to be a track meet. Both teams love to score, and both teams love offense.
biggest selection speaks volumes
I think that speaks for itself. It's up to the selection committee. But I said this going into the tournament: the biggest thing we can do is win, and put yourself in the championship game. It speaks volumes for this team.
comfort knowing level played team tremendous
I think that's huge. There's a tremendous comfort level knowing you've played the team before.
great pull respect scoring shows sign team utmost wins
I think that shows the sign of a great team when you can pull out wins when you're not scoring a lot of points. We have the utmost respect for Duke.