Susan Walvius
Susan Walvius
Susan Walviusis the former head coach of the women's basketball team at the University of South Carolina. Her best success came in the 2001 and 2002 seasons, where she went 25-7 and 23-8 respectively. In those two seasons, the Gamecocks went 19-9 in Southeastern Conference play. The 2002 team made it to the Elite Eight for the first time in school history. On April 14, 2008, Walvius announced her resignation from South Carolina...
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We talked about it at the beginning of the season -- that we had a very tough stretch to open the SEC schedule. We only have two losses to non-top-20 teams, and our team understands that. Our team is very focused on the big picture. We're in a very good place, and we're in a position to do extremely well.
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Besides some unnecessary turnovers, I was proud of our teams' overall play. I can see potential.
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You'd think we'd walk out with a W.
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I thought Ilona and the rest of the low post players did an excellent job. We've been working on that all year and tonight I think we were finally able to execute it and take advantage of our size inside.
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Her role in this game was to go offensively until they stopped her. She did a great job of that in the first half and was extremely unselfish in the second half.
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We had opportunities and we turn the ball over and we're better than that. We worked to not hold the ball for so long because it strengthens the defense. Sometimes in those stretches, we tried to make the home run pass for the easy score but ended up turning it over.
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She's starting to get it back. It's not only the injury, it's being out of basketball for a year. It's a timing issue. But she's going to be really good, and we're excited about her.
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She's really hard to guard. She's arguably the best player in the SEC because of her versatility, her physical strength and her ability to step out and shoot the basketball.
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She's just starting to get back into the loop. And I think sometimes the SEC can be a little daunting for all freshmen when you're looking at kids that you've had their poster up on your wall. When you're facing a Georgia or Tennessee, we need to work her in and let her get a feel for the game.
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She may be the fastest guard in the country. She's super quick and super fast.
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She may be the fastest guard in the country. She certainly was the catalyst for her team.
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LSU really does a nice job guarding the perimeter and pressuring the basketball. The one thing LSU does different from other teams is they have extremely active hands on the ball. They get a lot of deflections and play the passing lanes. Teams tend to throw (ball) away because it looks like the passing lanes are open.
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This team will reach its potential this year. I see that.
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You have opportunities and you turn the ball over ... we're better than that. One thing our team is working to understand is a little more of a sense of urgency, a little more aggressiveness without hurrying.