Muffet McGraw
Muffet McGraw
Ann "Muffet" McGraw is currently the Karen and Kevin Keyes Family Head Women's Basketball Coach at Notre Dame. In 27 seasons at Notre Dame, she compiled a 662–217record. She led her team to 6 Final Fours, and won the National Championship in 2001 against Purdue. Notre Dame has made it to the fourth round of the tournament 6 out of the last 11 seasons, and had 20-win seasons in 13 out of the past 14 seasons. McGraw led the Irish...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth5 December 1955
both dry gone less season team
We've both gone through some dry spells, so I don't think we'd ever look at a team like that and think of them any less with the season we've had. They're a veteran, experienced team that will be ready.
defensive good great run team
They're still a very, very fundamentally sound, great defensive team. They're very well coached. They run good offense. They do a lot of good things. I think it's the same team they've had over the years, just great competitors and very, very intense.
bad ball decisions killer second teams turned
I was disappointed in the way we finished. We turned the ball over way too much (19 times). We lacked the killer instinct. When you are up by 17, you should be able to put teams away. We made a lot of bad decisions in the second half.
finished killer lacking team
I was a little disappointed with the way we finished the game. We have become a team lacking a killer instinct.
call florida game learned lesson south
I learned a lesson the South Florida game when that happened. I didn't call a timeout, and I should have.
guard guess prove tried
We tried to guard her. I guess she wanted to prove she should have been on the All-Rookie team.
boards crystal finding good job
Crystal did a good job on the boards and we did a good job of finding her.
extremely last playing three
We're peaking. We're 3-0 in last three games, and we're playing extremely well.
doubling great guard hard straight tried using
She's such a great scorer. We tried using a box-and-one or doubling her on the wing. I don't think you can guard her straight up. She has so many moves, she's really hard to guard.
anyone blames finds help job keeps takes
She takes it all in stride. That's her job and she's very accountable. If we don't win, she finds a reason, what she could have done better to help us win. She never blames anyone else. She always keeps them upbeat.
crowd good held points
It's good that we held them to 62 points when they are averaging 83. The crowd was a big part of our comeback.
finally good playing start
We're finally playing the way we can. You're always 0-0 when you start the tournament. For this team, that's a good thing.
crowd help home hopefully
Hopefully the home crowd will help us. We're going to need a lot of help on Saturday.
cringe next year
I don't really want to think about it. I really don't. I cringe when I think about next year without her.