Jody Conradt
Jody Conradt
Jody Conradt is a retired women's basketball coach. She was the head coach for the women's team at University of Texas at Austin. Her coaching career spanned 38 years, with the last 31 years at UT from 1976 to 2007. She also served concurrently as the UT women's athletic director from 1992 to 2001. During her tenure at UT, she achieved several notable personal and team milestones in collegiate basketball. At retirement, she had tallied 900 career victories, second place...
certain clock control guards knew shot stopping
Their guards are really good. With the shot clock winding down on certain possessions, you knew one of them was going to take control and we didn't do well in stopping them.
ball difference focus gave gotten happy knew needed rest second shutting
We knew she was going to get her points. I don't think you can focus on shutting her down. I would have been happy if she'd gotten 20 and we did what we did what we needed to do the rest of the way. Unfortunately, we gave them a lot of second opportunities. That was the difference in the ball game.
class dates hard hope knew leave loss none obviously potential profession time
Marsha's obviously done it with class and with style. It's hard to see someone leave our profession who dates back to a time when none of us really knew the potential of our sport. ... You hope there's never a sense of the loss of history.
class dates hard knew leave none potential time
Marsha has done it with class and style. It's hard to see someone leave who dates back to a time when none of us really knew the potential of our sport.
asking closer looking people team time today
I'm looking at where this team has been and what we're asking people to do, and I think we're a lot closer today than we've been at any time this season.
moral playing victories
It's not about moral victories or just playing close. But you've got to take some steps, and I think we did today.
growth hard helped hope people visibility wants
I hope that it's not health-related. I hope it's that she wants a life. It's a hard job, and she's been doing it a long time. And she's done it really, really well. She has been instrumental in the growth of the sport, one of the people who helped get the visibility and credibility we have today.
counted gave points
They were aggressive. We gave them way too many fast-break baskets in the first half. I think I counted up (that) there were 26 points off turnovers and fast-break points they had in the first half.
goal harder knowing work
We went in knowing she was going to get her points. Our goal was to make her work harder for them and we did.
campus crucial forward game leadership nina played question senior since situations step stepped team
This team is Nina?s team, there?s no question about that. It?s always been the senior leadership that has to step forward and Nina has played every game since she stepped on this campus and she?s been in a lot of crucial situations ? and she?s the only one.
duke question
Duke is really good. There's no question they are good.
effort gave good kinds looks tonight
Erika was not good tonight offensively. She gave the effort but they weren't the kinds of looks we need to get.
adversity connected final intangible losing missing stay straw team understood
We've had a lot of adversity, and I think losing Tiffany was pretty much the final straw tonight. The one intangible that we've been missing with this team is they haven't understood how to stay connected with adversity.
against pay time
Every time I play against her I know that she's making me pay for this one more time.