Kristy Curry
Kristy Curry
Kristy Lynn Curry née Sims is the head coach of the University of Alabama's women's basketball team, the Crimson Tide. She took the job in 2013...
adversity catch close knew somebody sooner
(The Badgers) have been so close so much of the season. They've had so much adversity, so many injuries, you knew sooner or later, they probably were going to catch up to somebody and they were able to catch up to Minnesota.
knew stepped ten
It completely broke. It popped when she stepped on it and she knew something was not right. It's more frustrating for her, but we should have her back for the Big Ten tournament.
averages good guards hold job knew shape wonderful
Our guards did a wonderful job defensively. We knew if we could hold them under the averages we would be in good shape and that is what we did.
giggle knew phone talked voice
I talked to her on the phone (Saturday) and she had a little giggle in her voice and I knew she'd be OK.
compete fact happen lose matters minutes talked ten today urgency
We talked about its 20 minutes and today really matters a whole bunch. And it's a sense of urgency and the fact that if you want to compete for a Big Ten title, this can't happen today. We can't lose today.
against played road talented task team tougher year
We just played a team that has everyone returning. We were 3-1 against them a year ago and I said they were the most talented team in the league. There won't be a tougher task on the road than this.
change limit sure tried
We just wanted to make sure that we tried to we limit her touches. We shaded her in our zone. We wanted to change our defenses up and I think that was more disrupting.
bubble life relive scare year
We had the scare of our life a year ago, being on the bubble in February. We don't want to relive that experience.
across bad depends happens
We don't want that to happen. If it does, it does. It was not our goal. A lot depends on what happens across the country. I'll feel bad if it happens.
control matter stretch wants
We control our own destiny. It's going to be a matter of will down the stretch and who wants it the most.
sure
We're going to try to make sure we play our tempo.
control decisions good great job lately shots taken tempo
The shots that she's taken were all good shots and that's the difference. She has done a great job lately of being able to control the tempo more and making better decisions in our half-court offense.
coach huge improvement room work
There's so many things as a coach that you see. The room for improvement is huge for us, and we'll come back and work on that.
cut five plays stretch three unable
We cut it to five and then to three and I thought we had a chance. But you've got to make plays down the stretch and we were unable to do that.