Kristen O'Neill
Kristen O'Neill
Kristen O'Neillis an American women's basketball player, a 6'1 versatile guard, formerly playing at the University of Washington. She was a three-time co-captain and four-year starter. She played for FIBA's Euroleague teams in Madrid and Burgos, Spain and in Ireland. In 2008, O'Neill returned to Seattle and played in the WNBA for the Seattle Storm. She is currently the Associate Head Women's Basketball coach for Seattle University...
moved past
I don't know if I've moved past that. That was embarrassing.
dance-and-dancing dinner line
We went out to dinner and did some line dancing. But we know we have to play a game.
beginning believed bottom expected finish good group knew ourselves picked proud putting tournament year
At the beginning of the year no one really expected us to do very much, being picked to finish at the bottom of our conference. But we just believed in ourselves and knew that we were a lot better than that. I'm so proud of this group for making the tournament and putting up a good fight, especially in the first half.
expected mouth sour taste
I think they have a sour taste in their mouth because they weren't expected to come in here and get beat.
create defense execute fun great passing trying
It was great to go out and execute the way we did, and have fun. We were just trying to play hard, to get into the passing lanes and let our defense create our offense.
coming great knew played second seeing stuff talented team trying
In the first half, they kind of played into what we were trying to do. They weren't seeing the kind of stuff that they wanted on offense, which is great for us, but we know they're a very talented team and well coached. Coming out in the second half, we knew it was going to be different.