Brenda Frese
Brenda Frese
Brenda Sue Frese is an American women's basketball head coach and former player. Since 2002, she has served as the head coach of the University of Maryland women's basketball team. In her fourth year as head coach, she won the 2006 Women's National Championship. She won the 2009 ACC Regular Season and Tournament Championships - the women's first ACC Championship since 1989. She won another ACC Championship in 2012 and reached another Final Four in 2014. Maryland moved to the...
played word
I didn't have to say a word to them before overtime. They know it's their time. They played with so much confidence.
biggest selection speaks volumes
I think that speaks for itself. It's up to the selection committee. But I said this going into the tournament: the biggest thing we can do is win, and put yourself in the championship game. It speaks volumes for this team.
exciting
it's going to be a fast-paced exciting game.
felt shot wants
Shay wants to take the big shot and always has for us. We called the timeout. We just felt like we had to go to Shay or Crystal.
certain final players playing seniors tournament ultimately
Seniors are playing for a lot when it comes to tournament play because they know it's their final shot. But it does ultimately come down to players who can play and I don't think you have to be in a certain class.
describe hard heart lion special team
This team had the heart of a lion tonight. It's hard for me to describe how special this is for our program.
confidence leadership playing team themselves veteran
This team has a lot of confidence in themselves and we probably feel like we have more veteran leadership and experience. We feel like we're playing our basketball.
continue group heck steps taking team
To be able to continue to keep taking steps with this team, they just keep taking us for a heck of a ride. I think you can see by now what makes this team and this group so special.
breakdown clock entire patient score shot talked utah watching within
We talked about it watching film. Utah is very well-coached. They're patient. They're going to use the entire shot clock and you've got to be patient within yourself. You've got to be able to defend. If you have a breakdown they're going to score off of you.
anytime hit planning until
We're not planning on them getting hit until anytime after Wednesday.
passes runs second unselfish
When we're focused, we can go on runs like that. In the second half, we started making more unselfish passes and made things happen.
fact guarantee next special team understand
What makes this team so special is the fact that they don't take any of it for granted. They understand the big picture. There is no guarantee for us next year. They understand that.
biggest chemistry coming depth handle hungry key national next winning
We're going to have even more depth with who we add. The biggest key is going to be how we handle coming back next year. Are we as hungry after winning a national championship? What's our chemistry like?
competing duke margin talented
We are going to keep competing and we keep getting that margin down. Duke is so talented and so deep.