Tara VanDerveer
Tara VanDerveer
Tara Ann VanDerveer is an American basketball coach who has been the head women's basketball coach at Stanford University since 1985. Designated the Setsuko Ishiyama Director of Women's Basketball, VanDerveer led the Stanford Cardinal to two NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championships: in 1990 and 1992. She stepped away from the Stanford program for a year to serve as the U.S. national team head coach at the 1996 Olympic Games. VanDerveer is the 1990 Naismith National Coach of the Year...
far playing
We need her to keep playing like that if we are going to go far in this tournament.
great immediate impact numbers player sure
I'm not sure any player has had as immediate and great an impact as she has. Her numbers are incredible.
proud
I'm really proud of how well we played.
challenge challenges coaches great oklahoma played players team
Oklahoma has a great team and they played really well. It's a challenge for the players on our team, but they like challenges and our coaches like challenges, so we will do what we have to do to get ready.
game sitting watching
It's so different when you are sitting there and watching her. You get a much better sense of her game and what she does. Being able to watch her was really helpful.
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The athletic director job is so demanding and I think it's changed a lot over his 15 years, but he's done a great job. You have to bring your 'A' game to work every day, and I give him credit for saying it's time for a change. It's hard to walk away from Stanford. This is a wonderful place to be. I'm happy for him that he's able to transition into something he really enjoys doing. I hope I can do that.
dagger hear lose tough
It was a dagger to hear that whistle. That's a tough way to lose a game. I figured, if anything, it would be a no-call.
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It's disappointing to get this close, see the ball go in the basket and get it taken away from you. In October if someone said to me that my team was going to the Elite Eight I would have jumped for joy. Right now, I can't tell you I'm jumping for joy.
except gave good needed played statistics stop
We weren't sloppy. We played well down the stretch. We needed a stop or two that we didn't get. I thought we gave a good effort. Basically, the statistics were the same except for one.
excited healthy seed three
We weren't going to do better than a three seed anyway. The most important thing is we're healthy and excited to be playing.
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We were exposed as not a very gritty team. We didn't go the defensive work we needed to do and that fueled their offense. This is going to be a challenge for our team and I hope it's a valuable lesson because we are going to see more of this.
capable double player post stop talented talk tough
Brooke is tough to stop one-on-one. They didn't double her a lot. She's very talented and capable of this kind of game. She was the post player to talk about today.
season
You get to this point, and you don't want the season to end.
capable definitely knew teams tired warm watched
They have been up and down, but they definitely showed what they are capable of. Teams get tired of getting beat. I knew when I watched them warm up that they were serious.