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...
cannot emphasis high lose stock whether win
Whether you win or lose in this league, you cannot put too much emphasis on one game. We don't put too much stock on getting too high or low, but more on being even.
few five force forcing job key nice order winning within
I thought we did a nice job of forcing turnovers and that was a key to winning the game. They got within five and we had to force a few turnovers in order to put them away.
missed shots slow took
I thought we got off to a really slow start. We missed a lot of shots and that took us out of it.
defending evaporates hitting job lead miss nice respond shots
I thought they did a nice job defending us, but we weren't hitting our shots. When you miss shots and they respond with baskets on the other end, the lead evaporates quickly.
driving finishing great job nice score shots
I thought they did a great job in the first half, especially finishing, making shots and driving the score up. I thought they read things well and really did a nice job finishing the game.
adjusted boards defending good half indication job kids second
I thought that we really adjusted well from the first half to the second half, which is a good indication of how well these kids do at adjusting. We did a much better job of defending penetration and we got on the boards a lot better.
excuse leg overcome
I think we were a little leg tired. I don't want to use that as an excuse because it is not an excuse. We should have been able to overcome that.
boston college difficult four teams top tough
I think Boston College is one of the top four teams in the conference. They're a very tough team and very difficult to play against.
dance drive miles next son thinking
Just for activities, we drive between 60 to 90 miles a week. And now my daughter's thinking about dance next year, and my son 4-H.
extremely good job keeping knew played plays run shots tendencies tried
We rebounded well and played their tendencies extremely well. They really could not get shots off because when they tried to run their plays we knew what they were going to do. I think we did a good job of keeping them in check.
balanced scoring somebody
We had very balanced scoring tonight. Somebody was there to make the play for us.
critical good step team
Our team has to step up and have a good start. It is important, and it is going to be critical for us.
great honor knew point
I think it?s a great honor for him, one that we all knew would come at some point or another. He?s one in a million.
tendency
We just went cold. We have a tendency to do that.