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...
playing
We were like playing 2 on 5 out there. I mean, really.
frustrated lose playing team
The team is frustrated because they want to win. We're playing to lose right now and not to win.
couple games last playing smart turned
We haven't been playing smart the last couple of games. Hopefully, we can get that turned around.
forward four job looking players playing ready seattle sure
We have four players from Seattle looking forward to playing at home. My job is to make sure we're ready to play but also keep everyone focused.
freshman hard players playing road
It's not that we're not playing hard. We're playing hard and we're playing a lot of young players who at times make freshman mistakes, so it's - particularly on the road - it's more difficult.
emphasis felt good key knew playing
When we got here at shoot-around today, I felt good and I knew they felt good. I think the key thing was, we didn't put the emphasis on Stanford. We put the emphasis on us and playing our butts off and having fun.
coach coaching good playing
They really did well non-conference. They have a good coach and coaching staff, (and) they're playing really hard.
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.
game knew possible potential talented unless
With Kelsey, every game is a possible game when she can have a career-high. We knew she was talented and had potential, but potential is nothing unless you put it all together.
either
We think it's an MCL. Hopefully, she won't need surgery. But either way, it'll take her out for a little bit.
coming forward kids taller
We're going to be much taller and have a lot more depth. All the kids we have coming in are very successful, and we very much look forward to having them here.
grieving happy hard process team
Even for me it's difficult, it really is. It's hard to say where the grieving process is, but I know right now I'm not happy with how the team is playing. I should say I'm more disappointed.
boards dominated game hurt second shooting
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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Washington State has three good players in Katie Benz, Katie Appleton and Charmaine Jones.