June Daugherty
June Daugherty
June Daugherty is an American women's college basketball coach, currently serving as head coach at Washington State University. turned around the WSU women's basketball program by bringing in top-ranked recruiting classes, has improved attendance numbers and has overseen student-athletes who place premiums on academics and community service. Prior to becoming a head coach, Daugherty served as an assistant coach at Kent State Universityand Stanford Universityunder Tara Vanderveer. During the 2011-2012 season, Daugherty led the Cougars to one of the most...
came deserves focus great guys hats played proud ready success team
I'm just so proud and happy. This is why we play the preseason we play. We had success in the preseason and these guys came ready to play. Focus has been awesome, hats off to the seniors; the whole team deserves this -- but especially the seniors. This is a great win, and they all played like it too.
cape game incredible inside played smith special superman tough
They played an incredible game. It was tough for us to find answers. Their inside game with Smith and Newlin was exceptional. And here comes Wiggins. She's that good. She's a very special All-American. ... She put on a Superman cape today.
good key ncaa nice played taste three
For three halves, we played some really good basketball. We had a really nice taste of the NCAA tournament, and now the key is: Do you want to come back and make some noise?
both controlled halves played program team testimony win
We played very well for both halves and we controlled our rebounding. This was a big win for this program and a real testimony of what this team is all about.
aspect bit coaching played practice size talked team until
We've talked to our team a little bit about it, not necessarily the size of it. They've played in big arenas, but because of the baseline aspect of the coaching box. I'll be honest. I think it is something until you get out there in practice and actually coach and play on that floor, I don't know how we're going to feel.
eighteen game gym months open organized playing time work
Eighteen months is a long time to just be out there playing in an open gym and not being coached. Not being able to work on your conditioning, your strength, your game the way you would be in an organized and disciplined situation.
giving home knew obviously players streak week
It was huge. I thought that the players responded well all week in practice, obviously disappointed in giving up one at home after the streak that we had, and we knew that we did not play to our potential.
grown happy incredible mentally opportunity three ups
These three have been through incredible amounts of adversity, incredible amounts of joy, ups and downs. But they have been so mentally tough. They have grown up before our eyes. For them to have the opportunity to go back to the big dance, I'm just really happy for them.
great proud team
I'm very, very proud of the team and the program. It's great to be back in the big dance.
came energy great team tremendous
It was a great win. I thought the team came out with tremendous energy today.
court fighting fights-and-fighting frustrated hard kept leave oregon saying seemed
It just seemed like we weren't fighting hard, we were getting frustrated at how well Oregon was doing and not converting it into our energy. We made some adjustments defensively and we just kept saying if we go out there and fight hard and leave it on the court we'll be happy.
fought kids role took underdog
We kind of took on the underdog role all year. And these kids got better and fought hard.
anyway asked ready twice
Twice I asked her if she was ready to go back. She said, 'No,' but I put her back in anyway and she responded.
doubt high low race tight
There's no doubt that it's huge. But at the same time, you can't get too high and you can't get too low with the race being as tight as it is.