Elaine Elliott
Elaine Elliott
Elaine Elliottis a former head coach of the women's basketball team at the University of Utah. During a year-long leave of absence to consider retirement, former Assistant Coach Anthony Levrets took over as head coach. She is the winningest basketball coach in school history, having compiled a career record of 582–234. She has led the Utes to 15 appearances in NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship, including an Elite Eight appearance in 2006. The Utes came within 3 points of...
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My kids are great kids. I would think the Lobo fans would support us because we are from the same conference.
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I have mixed emotions. We were right there and it's an awful feeling to lose and not get that next step. You just try to tell these young players that everything that happened before what we feel right now is what this team is.
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We have shooters who make it difficult to just go zone. We don't have the post game but we've gone a long way without one. It's worked out OK. We've proved there's other ways to be successful.
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We've had some nice e-mails coming in to our program from their fans, just saying they're Lobo people but they're going to be here to support us. And that's fair. That's a great response.
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This team's been really resilient. They've never panicked. It's really as simple as that.
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We're not known to overlook anyone. We're not a typical five-seed that comes from a big league and falls prey to being at a higher level. We understand that everyone is a good team. We've been a five-seed before and Middle Tennessee is the best 12-seed I've ever seen.
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Why are we talking about that right now? It'll come soon enough.
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It was a game of runs. They had theirs and we made ours. And in the end, we had it.
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It's kind of storybook and it's kind of fun to believe in that sometimes. So it's been a great last three weeks and a great four years.
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It showed from the start how absolutely committed to competing she was. That's it. The uniqueness is absolute commitment to being as good as she can be. She never stops thinking in those terms.
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It was beautiful for them, and Florida was struggling. Boy, when those two converged it was all New Mexico and it was great for our league.
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It was fun to be at the same site. My team went to their game and their team was at our game. All of our fans were for the Mountain West Conference. It was a really positive thing.
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They are warriors. We give them their rest in between games.
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They are very well-rounded. They have a great inside game and support it with great shooters, players who can handle the ball with the mid-range game. They don't have a weakness offensively. That's why you see them averaging 83 points a game. When you have that kind of versatility, you're never beholden into one place, one position, one style, or any type of shot.