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...
best came
I thought she was one of the best defensively. When she came in, right away she started scoring.
hit minute three took wind
Kristen O'Neill hit three in a minute or a minute and a half. And then Craddock went off, and it just took the wind out of our sails, particularly when we're not rebounding well.
knew
It all started with our practices. We knew that we just had to be tougher.
athletics awesome bring excellent gives great played player relate
I think it's awesome to bring back a student-athlete that has played here recently. It gives her great insight, and I think she's young enough to relate to the players. In addition, she's a great player and an excellent coach.
forward game teams win
For us, every game we win is a celebration. We are probably a little different than some teams in that way. We are just going forward one game at time.
loss
This was not our day; it was actually a very embarrassing loss for us.
step took
We took a step back. We need to take a step forward.
ask heart natalie played
Natalie played her heart out. I can't ask her to do any more.
great happy light players
For the players and their confidence, it was great just to see them happy and to smile. They can see light now at the end of the tunnel.
last played playing proud stopped time
I'm proud of our kids. They never stopped playing hard. Last time we played them, we had 11 players. This time we had seven. That was the difference.
dominated heads lit second
In the second half, they lit us up and we had our heads down a little. We didn't get much from our post, and they just dominated the boards.
half second
In the second half and in the overtime, we rebounded well and made shots.
game knew struggled
I knew this was not going to be a pretty game. We struggled shooting, but as the game went on we battled.
bring counselors grief spend team
The grief counselors have been wonderful. We're going to bring them back in and spend a little more time, because we know we're much better team than we've been showing.