Debbie Ryan
Debbie Ryan
Debbie Ryan is the former head coach for the women's basketball team at the University of Virginia. Ryan also coached the American women's basketball team at the 2003 Pan American Games. She was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2000 but is currently in remission. She was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008. Ryan was also inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 2012...
ability court difficult game high last level minutes people played separates seven stay
What makes them No. 1 and separates them from us right now is their ability to play 40 minutes and to put 11 people on the court that can stay at a very high level at all times, which makes it difficult for seven people who just played a game last night.
staying worry
They have to worry about staying up with us too.
chance fortunate home win
If we can be fortunate enough to win there, we'll have a chance to play at home again.
gonna hard
I'm gonna have to be hard on her in the beginning.
conference knew politics status teams
I'm disappointed to a point. I knew we were on the board, but I knew our status was tenuous because of our conference record. ... It was disappointing to see some of the other teams that got in that shouldn't have. There's a lot of conference politics in this.
beat free half second throws
In the second half we beat them on the floor, but the free throws made the difference. You can't do much about that.
best half performance
The first half was our best performance of the year.
good last seen
The last two games, I have seen us do things that I have not even seen us do in practice. That's just not a good thing. I have no idea what to do about that.
practice
You won't get away with anything in practice if Tiffany's out there.