Elaine Elliott
Elaine Elliott
Elaine Elliottis a former head coach of the women's basketball team at the University of Utah. During a year-long leave of absence to consider retirement, former Assistant Coach Anthony Levrets took over as head coach. She is the winningest basketball coach in school history, having compiled a career record of 582–234. She has led the Utes to 15 appearances in NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship, including an Elite Eight appearance in 2006. The Utes came within 3 points of...
ball commitment defending good sharing
We're getting good contributions from different kids, we're sharing the ball well, and we're defending better. There's been a better commitment to our preparation and to getting better.
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We've very proud and happy for both of them. You just need to feel good about the fact that they've put themselves in great position with great play. I want them to enjoy that and be proud of that.
comparing people playing plays thinking until
Everybody, in the end, plays the same games. So really, until it's over, there's no comparing where people are at. We have kind of done well just playing from behind. So, I think we'll just keep thinking of it in those terms.
shooting
She's a perfectionist to a fault. She'll just keep shooting to prepare. She'll do the same thing she always does. She'll try to get into a rhythm, and I'll just try to get her to smile.
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This is excellent for our program and for our seniors. They handled the pressure extremely well. They played for the love of the game and didn't let the pressure get to them.
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I have mixed emotions. We were right there and it's an awful feeling to lose and not get that next step. You just try to tell these young players that everything that happened before what we feel right now is what this team is.
sort work
They are back in place now, sort of. She will probably need some more work getting stitches and wired.
fold
They didn't fold when it wasn't easy. When they got close, we didn't give up.
shutting talking terms
Langhorne pretty much had her way. We are what we are in terms of our size. We're not talking about shutting her down.
difficult game gone post proved ways worked
We have shooters who make it difficult to just go zone. We don't have the post game but we've gone a long way without one. It's worked out OK. We've proved there's other ways to be successful.
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We're not known to overlook anyone. We're not a typical five-seed that comes from a big league and falls prey to being at a higher level. We understand that everyone is a good team. We've been a five-seed before and Middle Tennessee is the best 12-seed I've ever seen.
basketball game good playing
We're playing good basketball right now. I thought the way we started the game really set the tone.
enthusiasm hard trying
We're just trying to play hard with a real enthusiasm for the game.
felt games people plays win
We felt like we could win games. That's probably what got us through the end. It wasn't one of those games where people are making plays to win.