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...
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You just have to constantly remind them of their goals. A lot of the reason why we were on the bubble last year is because Illinois came in here and beat us on our home floor. If that won't motivate them, I don't know what will.
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We need our fans in the stands at Mackey on Tuesday. I am asking fans to make it a priority to get to Mackey to see our team play for the last time this season at home, but, with their help, not the last time in the tournament.
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She continued this last month of the season to be an impact player for us. We asked her to make herself more available, don't disappear.
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I told the team that we'd talk about that at the end of the season, but that my focus was on them. It's a typical spring, this has happened each of the last four seasons. But my only focus is to take them to the Sweet 16.
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We were in the same situation last year, so I know how it feels. My goal every year is to get five or six teams from this conference in, so I hope that happens.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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We had the scare of our life a year ago, being on the bubble in February. We don't want to relive that experience.
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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.
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We control our own destiny. It's going to be a matter of will down the stretch and who wants it the most.
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We're going to try to make sure we play our tempo.
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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.
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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.