Debbie Ryan
Debbie Ryan
Debbie Ryan is the former head coach for the women's basketball team at the University of Virginia. Ryan also coached the American women's basketball team at the 2003 Pan American Games. She was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2000 but is currently in remission. She was inducted into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008. Ryan was also inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 2012...
blew carolina doors exposed happened stretch team wrong
I don't know what happened to us, but the doors blew off. Carolina exposed about everything that was wrong about our team in that one stretch there, and that was all she wrote.
afraid asset behind came challenge coach great head knew program question stand strongly
He was a great asset to our program. He made me a better coach just because he was never afraid to challenge or make suggestions and stand strongly behind how he felt. There was no question from the day he came into my program that he?d be a head coach, and I knew he?d be very successful.
couple fans front glad home love next prove sure team upset watching
I am glad to play at home in front of our fans. I would never be upset to play at home. I am glad to put this team in front of its fans. Our fans love this team, and I am sure they are going to prove that in the next couple of days. They love watching them, and they love being a part of them.
chance game gave plan players post sure
We gave her the chance to get some experience, but it wasn't the game plan at all. I had to make sure I had post players to end the game, because they're a very big team.
expect half kept second veteran
We just kept going to her in the second half and she just kept delivering. That's what you expect from your veteran players.
credit hitting letting shots tech
You have to give Tech credit for not letting us get closer. They were hitting their shots tonight.
bad maintain shots
You have to give (FSU) a lot of credit. We started off like gangbusters. But we couldn't maintain it. We had some bad shots tonight, for sure.
ball bit hole ourselves shoot start
We got ourselves in a little bit of a hole to start the game. We didn't shoot the ball very well, and we did some things that were uncharacteristic.
ball good playing
We've been playing good ball lately, and we're home.
best good leadership might past points wait
We'll have to wait and see just how good we are, where we're going to get our points from. I'd say it might be my most inexperienced group, (but) it's the best leadership we've had in the past 13 years.
character courage good match played point run though
Even though we got down a little bit, we still made a little run to come back. We played a pretty good first half. We showed a lot of character and courage in the first half, being able to match them point for point.
couple home lost
We lost a couple at home when we didn't play very well. That made the difference.
extremely game hard offensive run starting worked
She has worked extremely hard on her offensive game so I was starting to run things for her in the first half.
days sixteen time wait
Sixteen days is way too long. It's a long, long time to wait to play.