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...
game physical pro seems stronger
She's stronger physically, she's healthy, she's rested, and she understands the pro game and how physical it is. And she seems happy, and that's really important.
certain definitely fabulous forward games hoping steps
She's definitely getting more comfortable. There are certain games with Ros, where's she's two steps forward and one back. She'll have a fabulous game and you're hoping it's always going to be like that, but she's young.
clear game half needed second watching
She is so funny. I wasn't watching the game as clear as I needed to when I was watching it with her so I told her in the second half I needed to go. She's a riot.
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.
athletic bring changed credit demanding director enjoys game great happy hard hope job saying time transition walk wonderful work
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.
experience games played ready road
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.
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.
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.
besides country player seven six stanford team
There's not a player in the country that I'd want on our team besides her. I think she'll have to go to Stanford for about six or seven years.
ball decisions focused force people plays second trying turn upset
I was upset with some of the knucklehead plays we made early. People were trying to force things they don't usually do. In the second half, people focused better, made better decisions and we didn't turn the ball over.
ball basket close point seems surprised taken tough
It is disappointing to get this close and to see the ball go in the basket and then have it taken away from you. I just think that's a really tough way to lose a game. It really surprised me that that would be called then. ... It seems at that point it would be a no-call.
far playing
We need her to keep playing like that if we are going to go far in this tournament.