LaVonda Wagner
LaVonda Wagner
LaVonda Wagneris the former head coach of the Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team and is an FSN television analyst for WNBA games. She was fired from Oregon State on June 1, 2010 in the wake of a turbulent offseason that saw multiple player and assistant coach departures...
friday month team today yesterday
We are a better team today than we were yesterday or even a month ago, and I think we will be a better team Friday than today.
beat gave looks team
We gave them too many second-chance looks and you can't beat a top-25 team that way.
coming crowd fans good great knew players support team tough
Wyoming is a very good team and we knew that coming into the game. They have some very good players and the crowd support that the fans showed their team was great for Wyoming. This is a tough place to play.
came given left legacy oregon proud short tonight
They've given everything they could to this program, they really battled, and tonight we just came out on the short end of the stick. But I'm very proud of them and the legacy that they've left at Oregon State.
program
They have done everything they could to get this program started.
attack mind
They had kind of an attack mind-set, and we got back on our heels. A lot of what they got, they got off our errors.
basketball coast east fast fresh good home team travel
They're a very good basketball team and we've got them on their home floor. They're fresh and they don't have to travel a day. I mean, I could get to the East Coast as fast as I could get to Wyoming.
exciting learned ways
There's always something to be learned and always ways to get better. That's something we haven't done all season, and that was exciting to see.
game group last women won
Absolutely. Right now, we're 6 and 10 in the Pac-10 and this is a group of women who won one Pac-10 game last year.
test tough
They play in the Big East, they're talented, and it will be another tough test for us.
bit legs lost toward
I think we lost our legs a little bit toward the end.
cal finished good record seven shot usc wins won
I think we have a really good shot at playing. We finished with a 15-14 record and had wins over Cal and a very good USC team. And we won seven Pac-10 games.
care great job taking
I think we did a great job of taking care of the ball, working the possession.
airport asking beside cab early finish left media promise rest sat team took tribute
I sat beside Mandy at the Pac-10 Media Day (in November) and we left early because no one was asking us any questions. On the cab back to the airport we made a promise to each other that we wouldn't finish last. We took that to the rest of the team and that's been a tribute to them.