Pam Borton
Pam Borton
Pam Borton is a former head women's basketball coach, most recently at the University of Minnesota. She took over following the resignation of Brenda Frese in 2002...
players team time
This time of the year, nothing replaces experience. It's what we have to go on. It can't be one or two players who will put the team on their backs.
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We just have to pull some kids out of the places they're in. Some kids aren't as confident as they need to be. We have to build their confidence and remind them they're still a good basketball team. They've got to believe it and play like it.
best effort giving jamie players playing team
When Jamie is playing up to her capabilities, she can be one of the best players in the country. We had other players on our team giving us the effort we needed.
execution lack missing shots
It's not missing shots or lack of execution.
aggressive care lost ncaa points rebound team tournament win
That's not why we lost the game. We lost because the other team was more aggressive than us and we didn't take care of the boards. You can't win in the NCAA tournament when you don't rebound and give up points like we did.
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It's huge. We can't have Jamie sitting on the bench for very long. She is a consistent offensive player and threat on the floor and, obviously, one of our go-to players.
chosen issues leave
Each one of these individuals have different issues on why they have chosen to leave this program.
events everybody happened looking pinpoint step taking
Everybody is taking a step back and looking at the events that happened during the year. I don't think you can pinpoint it on one thing. It was many different things that kind of happened at once.
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It's huge and we can't have Jamie sitting on the bench for very long. Jamie's got to find a way to keep herself on the floor.
both ends floor plays points role score shows team win
It shows her role on this team is not just to score points for us. If she doesn't have 33 or 25, we're still going to win games. She makes big plays on both ends of the floor for us.
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It's been an ongoing thing with Jamie all year, the way the season started for her. She was the closest thing we had to any type of a go-to player.
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It's been a pleasure to coach these seniors and learn from them. It was exciting to see them go out in front of 10,000 people.
believe confident focus kids percent time
It's a challenging time here. I'm very confident and believe in the kids that are here. They are getting 100 percent of my focus right now.
call guards kids run talked team
We've talked about it to the players. The guards will have to run the team in some situations. The kids will have to call plays.