Joan Bonvicini
Joan Bonvicini
Joan Bonvicini is the former head coach for the Seattle University women's basketball team, the Redhawks, and one of only 18 coaches in Division I women's basketball history with 600 career victories. She was head coach at the University of Arizona for 17 seasons, leading the Wildcats to the Women's National Invitation Tournament championship in 1996. She was fired by Arizona on March 17, 2008 with one year left on her contract, after a disappointing 10-20 record in her final...
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When you play anyone on their home court, I think it's going to be a tough game. Washington is a real good team and they're going to play a lot of people. They returned everyone from a year ago and all their seniors are fifth-year seniors.
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Washington State has three good players in Katie Benz, Katie Appleton and Charmaine Jones.
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Washington is very good at home. They're in third place in conference and there is a lot of pressure. They play a lot of different people.
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They're the defending champion until someone proves different.
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The thing that really hurt us was turnovers and shooting percentage. We didn't get much from our posts. We were out-rebounding them at halftime, and they just dominated the boards in the second half. This was a very disappointing game for us.
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This is an extremely tragic situation, and we don't know all the details. But our thoughts and prayers are with Marie and her family right now.
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This is a tragic situation. I don't know all the details. Our prayers are with the family.
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This is a terribly sad, heartbreaking day in Arizona women's basketball. I can't put into words the pain and sadness that we're all feeling right now.
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The team is frustrated because they want to win. We're playing to lose right now and not to win.
Let's just say it's going to be very competitive.
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She wasn't sure she could be successful at this level. But with every pound she lost, she gained confidence. We realized she was funny, and she could appeal to people her own age. Opponents liked her and respected her, which you don't see a lot.
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She was an incredible basketball player, but her truest gifts were her personality and love for the other people that she was with. Her voice, especially her laugh, could be heard for a block, and believe me, she was hilarious.
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We didn't have a lot of options. We tried to substitute as much as we could.
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It's going to be a good challenge for us.