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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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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They have better players than they've ever had. Those are great kids. There's no secret. It's all about the players.
They had some runs, then we had some runs, but in the end, we had it.
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They didn't fold when it wasn't easy. When they got close, we didn't give up.
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They are back in place now, sort of. She will probably need some more work getting stitches and wired.
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This place, for a regional, will set the standard. The support here for women's basketball is just incredible, so I think we're all fortunate this is where we're going to play.
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They're here because they don't have that attitude. They believe they can get wins in this tournament, they understand that each win is a notch up and they understand it in the right way. We've also been successful by being proud of who we are. There's no chip on our shoulders.
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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 started out slow statistically in the conference games. They've got good stuff ahead of them. It's nice to see them starting to get comfortable and enjoy this last stretch. They've been doing a good job for us.
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We're getting good contributions from different kids, we're sharing the ball well, and we're defending better. There's been a better commitment to our preparation and to getting better.
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We've very proud and happy for both of them. You just need to feel good about the fact that they've put themselves in great position with great play. I want them to enjoy that and be proud of that.
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What they really proved is that they absolutely belong, this is truly a Final Four team. We're so proud that the Utah name is going to be up there with the best of them, forever enshrined by what they've done.