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...
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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.
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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.
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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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It seems like the strengths of a lot of these teams are really similar. Everybody's got excellent post players.
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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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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.
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We have played more games on the road ... we've had that experience already. We're ready to play, and we know we have to play well.
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We did not have the intensity we needed. We did not play them well last time and it will help us coming out and being hungrier. I'm excited for UCLA. It's exciting to have new teams (in the final).
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We did not have a lot of margin for error. I guess it came down to execution. I felt we had a great last shot and it went in. Candice and Brooke did a great job, but we needed a couple more contributions.
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We're not a deep team. We are not going to play 10, 11 people. Our starters should be able to play 32 or 33 minutes a game, but they shouldn't have to play 40 all the time.
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Our team does need to be aware of the significance of (the UA) game, and to be sensitive, but also be ready to play.
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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.
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There were some times that I wondered what we were doing and who this team was in the Stanford uniform. We are used to depending on our offensive execution. Tomorrow, we will go back to the drawing board.
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This is the most upset I've been with this team all year. We missed some key shots and we had some knucklehead plays.