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...
early flow might practice prepare
We have to go with the flow here. We might have to practice early one day this week, kind of prepare them. But the little things like that, you just have to go with.
enjoy practices trying
I'm trying to make the practices fun. I want them to really enjoy this week.
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.
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.
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.
best excited prepare sandy
I want them to be excited about being there, but not satisfied. It's like what (athletic director) Sandy Barbour told them, 'Go in there and participate. Just compete.' We will prepare them the best we can.
four given good great moving spent time together
It's been good for us, having a young team, to have those four hours. Lately, we've been moving from conditioning to more basketball. We spent some time together in the summer, and it's given us a great baseline.
time
It's been time consuming, but in the end, it's worked.
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.
believe far few kids knew point saw seconds took
We all saw the board, but it took a few seconds to register. You get down that far and you don't believe at that point that it's going to happen. I don't think the kids knew what to do. It was out of control.
conference people recognize respect teams
To get that many teams in, to get that much respect really makes people recognize this conference as a force.
game gave half points stop tough transition
You have to stop their transition game and you have to make them take tough shots. We gave up 20 points in transition in the first half in that (loss). You just can't do that.