Joanne Boyle
Joanne Boyle
Joanne Boyleis the current head coach of the University of Virginia women's basketball team. Prior to joining the Cavaliers, Boyle served as the head coach of the California Golden Bears women's basketball team. Boyle played her collegiate basketball for the Duke Blue Devils basketball program...
against backs knew minds situation wall
Our backs have been against the wall all year. We were put in a situation where it was a must-win for us today. They knew in the back of their minds what was at stake.
ball challenge chance create defense kids offense
Our offense has been struggling. I'm going to challenge the kids and get our defense to create offense for us. We have to have the ball to have a chance to score.
biggest people wake
For the program, for the school, it's our biggest win. It's going to wake some people up.
certain game hit key kids momentum talked three
We talked about that. There are certain kids who take over the game and she's a gamer. She hit that three and they got the momentum back. That was the key right there.
advantage middle players strength taking talked
We talked about taking advantage of their size. They're undersized and they've got players out so our strength was in the middle tonight.
chemistry found kids
Some of these kids are just gamers. They have found this chemistry between them and hopefully, we can keep it going.
came felt game kids plan ready won
The kids really felt like they could have won this game. We came in with a game plan and we felt like we were ready to go.
course figured less seem
They just seem to do better when there's less pressure. I figured that out through the course of the year. They just need to go out and play and have fun.
buying freshmen last means next owning remember selection start team telling three
For the next three years, those freshmen are going to remember that last half-hour (of the selection show) and remember what it's like and what it means and start owning their team and buying into what we're telling them.
chance country game great half kids opportunity people playing realize
I just want them to realize that half the people in the country aren't playing for anything and we have an opportunity to play for something. This is a great chance and I know my kids will get up for it. We'll be there. Where the game will go, who knows? But we will be there.
committee good huge looks wins
I know what the committee looks for and I thought we had good top-50 wins, they look for that. I think those wins were huge with the committee.
focused knew team walk
I knew they were going to do it. That's the most focused team to walk into this gym.
came feed forced knew points
I knew from the get-go that they feed off of transition. Some of their points came from forced turnovers, but a lot of them came on unforced turnovers.
three tough work
These are going to be tough games. UCLA's got their big three kids. We are going to have to make them work for their shots. We want them to take tough shots.