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...
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.
best great played
She's got great instincts. She's not the biggest, or the fastest, she's not the best shooter, but she's one of the best passers on our team. She's played well all season.
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.
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.
anyone maybe mix none plan played
I think we'll mix it up. We've got a Plan A, a Plan B and a Plan C. Maybe none of them are going to work. We will try to do a lot of different things. She is so different. She is not like anyone we have played against.
felt good great happy job played successful
I'm happy we were successful and I felt like we got great contributions from different people. We rebounded well and we played good defense, but we need to do a better job offensively.
cannot freshman played position posted
I cannot think of any other freshman who has played that position and posted those kind of numbers.
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.