Pat Summitt
Pat Summitt
Patricia Sue "Pat" Summittwas an American college basketball head coach whose 1,098 career wins are the most in NCAA basketball history. She served as the head coach of the University of Tennessee Lady Vols basketball team from 1974 to 2012, before retiring at age 59 because of a diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer's disease. She won eight NCAA championships, a number surpassed only by the 10 titles won by UCLA men's coach John Wooden and the 11 titles won by UConn...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth14 June 1952
CityClarksville, TN
CountryUnited States of America
I think this team knows what they have to bring.
I think this team has had two tough lessons. We'll see if we learn from it.
I think this team deserves a No. 1. Now, whether we're going to get it or not, that's up to the committee.
That was one of the better 40 minutes we have had on the defensive end. In the second half, we got into a better rhythm offensively. At one point, they were right there with us. Then we separated out with our defense and board play.
That's two of the best (players) that we've had in this league. Both made a lot of big plays.
I was pleased that we managed to make some adjustments because they were getting good open looks against us and we weren't communicating as well defensively.
I thought we played very well together and got the ball inside. We played an efficient game overall, if you just look statistically.
I thought she was tremendous when she settled down.
I think we're a better basketball team now than when we played them. I feel good that we can go inside against them.
I think Wendy plays a tougher schedule than I do.
We'll continue to do a lot of teaching and skill work in the next few weeks, ... but this already feels more like a veteran team.
We were more committed and more aggressive defensively. We opened the game running a switching man, and that allowed us to keep constant pressure on the basketball. We just kept pressure on them.
We really wanted them to try to make a lot of outside shots. I thought we did a nice job of limited Humphrey's touches. ... We thought we had to guard her with a guard and a half.
We have to learn to handle better. We have to do it by committee when we don't have a point guard on the floor.