Don Flanagan
Don Flanagan
Donald Elliott Flanagan is an American retired basketball coach. From 1995 to 2011, Flanagan was head coach of the University of New Mexico women's basketball team...
happy improved obviously plus work year
She's improved dramatically from one year to the next, plus she's healthy. She's still got some things to work on overall, but we're obviously very happy with where she's at.
contact player
Dionne's kind of a tepid player who doesn't really go for that contact right away. But once you get her mad, she'll make you pay.
beat bigger good normally proved
Normally we just beat up on each other and no one has a real sense of how good we are. This year, we went out and proved we could beat some bigger schools.
anyone darn defense good offense run tough
They're tough to defend. They run their offense as well as anyone in the conference. That was some pretty darn good defense - sometimes they didn't even get a shot.
confident defending guessing national
They're the defending national champions, so I'm guessing they are probably a pretty confident group. I know that they play with a lot of intensity.
defending difficult execute extremely national played
They played like they were the defending national champions. They are difficult to defend and they execute extremely well.
defending gave national quicker
They were just quicker at every position. And that gave us trouble. They were the better team. They showed why they are the defending national champions.
ability emphasize free shooting throws time year
We really emphasize free-throw shooting and our whole team's ability to shoot free throws well at this time of the year is really important to our success.
beat bit conference expect people says
That's awesome. It says a lot about our conference when people expect us to beat each other up a little bit and don't penalize us for it.
early sure
We have to make sure that we don't get intimidated early on because they like to play really physical.
cuts definitely hard motion plays running time
I like triangle, but we have a hard time even running set plays with this team, so motion is definitely the better option. Even if everyone doesn't find the right spot, they're always making cuts and moving. If they move, they score.
beaten beating capable knew nice sure team tough
I knew Wyoming was a tough team capable of beating anybody. It just sure would have been nice if they hadn't of beaten us.
basketball deserving fact good ourselves separate stand teams
I like the fact that we separate ourselves from the men's (Sunday announcement). The teams are deserving of that. Women's basketball can stand on its own, and that's a good way to get started.
figure game seven win won
I always try to figure out defensively what we have to do to win the game. Even if they got the 55 we would have won the game by seven - 39 is good.