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...
fuel gas mentally physically tank team
This team is like a gas tank and we used all of our fuel on Thursday's game. I think we were all emotionally, mentally and physically tired.
anyone good home returned seniors team tough washington year
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.
family outside team
Lisa's away from the team for family matters. Outside of that, I can't say anything.
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.
frustrated lose playing team
The team is frustrated because they want to win. We're playing to lose right now and not to win.
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.
adversity cal couple effort game good great home kids number team total tough win
It was a great win considering the adversity of being without a couple of players. Cal has a very good team and a very tough home court. I was really pleased. It was a total team effort with a number of kids who haven't had a big game in a while.
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.
wrong
There is no right way or wrong way for grief. This is something we'll never get over.
bottom line script
There can be a whole script of excuses, but the bottom line is, we've got to do better.
adjustment good knew
We thought she could be a good perimeter scorer. At the same time, we knew it would be an adjustment for her.
attacking key time tough zone
We had a tough time with Smith. I thought the key was when they went to a zone and we didn't adjust. We were not attacking the zone as we could have.
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.