Gail Goestenkors
Gail Goestenkors
Gail Ann Goestenkors, is an American basketball coach who was most recently an assistant coach with the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association. Previously, she was an assistant coach of the Los Angeles Sparks. Indiana Fever,...
both dates game hard home ironic ncaa playing schedule season tried trying work year
I've been trying to get back home with my team. It's kind of ironic that we both tried hard to schedule a game this year during the season and unfortunately the dates did not work out and we're now playing each other in the NCAA Tournament.
makeup maybe pressure relaxed strain stress sure year
I don't feel that strain or stress or pressure (of being a No. 1 seed). I feel more relaxed this year than I have any other year, and I'm not sure why. Maybe it's the makeup of this team.
bit example felt freedom great knows leader leads needs players positive team teammates tough year
Mo has always been the tough one on the team and she leads by example with her toughness, but this year she's become a much better communicator with her teammates because she knows we're young and she needs to be very positive with them as well. All of the players have remarked that she's become a great leader for us. She really wanted to become a great leader and now she has the freedom to lead a little bit more than she felt she had in the past.
ball care decisions focused greater job pressure quite seeing sure taking turning year
Obviously, we've got to do a better job of taking care of the basketball. I'm not quite sure why we're turning the ball over more now. I don't think we're seeing any greater pressure than we're seeing all year long. I just think we're not as focused as we need to be and not making great decisions with the basketball.
best defensive efforts excited year
We're excited to still be playing. This was one of our best defensive efforts of the year and I can't say enough about the effort they put forth.
carolina fortunate home job last site year
I think we all need to do a better job of bidding to have sites. Carolina was fortunate to have a home site last year, as was Maryland. I think every year, year in and year out, we need to be bidding.
biggest difference eight last people starters stay year
That's been the biggest difference for us from last year to this year. Last year we only had eight players. This year we've got the depth.... We just keep rotating people in and it allows our starters to stay fresh.
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I'm not quite sure why we're turning the ball over more now. We're not seeing any greater pressure than we've seen all year long. I think we're not quite as focused as we need to be, and we're not making great decisions with the basketball.
three
We just see it as three games. It's it's own entity. That's our only focus.
affect great looking lost maryland people record teams thinking
We just lost to two great teams ... but I think people are looking at our record thinking we're on a downslide. Because Maryland is such a great team, I don't think it should affect our seeding.
anxious pleased ready word
We were ready to play from the word 'go'. I was very pleased with our start. I was a little anxious to see how we'd come out and if we'd be a little off our rhythm, and we weren't. We were ready.
certainly needed tone
We certainly needed her. She set the tone for us.
exciting great
It was an exciting game. It was a great game. But it was just one game.
against crystal great knew sidelines three
Crystal would make a great play, and I would be on the sidelines cheering, 'Yea, Crystal,' and then I would be going, 'Oh, my God,' because I knew I had to play against her for three more years.