Don Flanagan
Don Flanagan
Donald Elliott Flanagan is an American retired basketball coach. From 1995 to 2011, Flanagan was head coach of the University of New Mexico women's basketball team...
against basketball bounce game good mexico team
The good thing about being a basketball team is that you play a lot of games. We have a game against New Mexico State, and we have to bounce back.
emotional game intensity match players prove senior
It's their Senior Night, and their players have been through a whole lot. We know it's going to be an emotional game for them. This is one of those times where our players have to be tough, match their intensity and prove they want it more.
course game offensive
That's probably the game right there - the offensive boards. And of course Katie's three-point shooting, which was outstanding.
grateful group says
That's phenomenal. I'm grateful we're part of that group and think it says a lot about our conference.
treatment
It swelled up pretty good. But we'll let her get treatment on it and see how it goes.
close good low possible quickly
It's a very good idea to close in quickly because she (Young) is so good in the low post. She's a mismatch and she will score, but you want to do anything possible to frustrate her.
aggressive believed effort physical reason successful
They believed they were going to be successful and for some reason we didn't believe we were going to be successful. They had better effort and were much more physical and aggressive in the first half.
ability emphasize free shooting throws time year
We really emphasize free-throw shooting and our whole team's ability to shoot free throws well at this time of the year is really important to our success.
extremely fun great people plays quick support team
We want people to come support us, and I think they're going to see a great game. They are an extremely quick team that plays hard. It should be fun to watch.
advantage fought full
We had an opportunity. We fought for that. We just didn't take full advantage of it.
confidence matter opponent played playing
We played with confidence and intensity. Those two things are important. It doesn't matter the opponent if you are playing like that.
defending difficult execute extremely national played
They played like they were the defending national champions. They are difficult to defend and they execute extremely well.
talent
They have the most talent in the league.
beat bigger good normally proved
Normally we just beat up on each other and no one has a real sense of how good we are. This year, we went out and proved we could beat some bigger schools.