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...
free hit key offensive shot stepped sync
Marissa was a little out of sync with her offensive rhythm, but really stepped up and hit that key shot and then she stepped up and hit some key free throws.
game hit liked needed poise shots sync
I liked our poise down the stretch. We hit some big shots when we needed to, especially in a game where we were a little out of sync tonight.
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I think it was like 10 seconds after the game.
amount both game gives half love minutes teams tip track tremendous
It gives us a tremendous amount of confidence. You're not having to use that first 10, 20 minutes in the first half of the game to get used to each other's style. We already know from the tip that this game's going to be a track meet. Both teams love to score, and both teams love offense.
attacked extremely game glass moving overall solid unselfish
I thought we were extremely unselfish moving the ball. We attacked the glass very, very hard. I think it was just a really solid overall game by this team.
build confidence extremely hoping locker momentum playing proud team
Like we told them in the locker room, I'm extremely proud of this team and what they've been able to accomplish. Everyone's playing their best, playing with confidence and hoping to build on the momentum that we've got here.
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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.
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.
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?
difficult team turn
We wanted to try to turn them into a jump-shooting team as much as possible. And we also wanted them to have to take difficult shots.
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.
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Her vision and my vision met. Our goals were one and the same. To have that kind of support from your athletic director and your president, the full package is a dream come true for a young coach.
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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.