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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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The team is frustrated because they want to win. We're playing to lose right now and not to win.
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.
family outside team
Lisa's away from the team for family matters. Outside of that, I can't say anything.
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.
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I'm sure it's hard in some ways for her, but she's a versatile player who doesn't mind the banging. She creates contact and can shoot, so there are a lot of positives.
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.
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.
playing
We were like playing 2 on 5 out there. I mean, really.
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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.