Gail Goestenkors
Gail Goestenkors
Gail Ann Goestenkors, is an American basketball coach who was most recently an assistant coach with the Indiana Fever of the Women's National Basketball Association. Previously, she was an assistant coach of the Los Angeles Sparks. Indiana Fever,...
chemistry eager experience great learning worked
The chemistry was incredible. It was a great learning experience for me and my staff. (The team) was eager to please, they worked hard. There were no egos.
depends great playing tremendous
That's the great thing about our team. We have tremendous depth. It depends on the day who is playing well for us.
calls dawn fits gone great herself stepped
She has a great way about her that makes everyone feel comfortable. She has gone about things the right way; she hasn't stepped on anybody's toes. She calls Dawn Staley 'Big D' and calls herself 'Little D.' She fits in perfectly.
balance great inside outside similar
They're similar to us in that usually if you take away the outside game, you win. Or if you take away the inside game, you win. But with them and with us, we have great balance and an inside-outside attack.
affected crowd great helped hurt love sure
I'm not sure if the crowd affected my team. I love a great crowd and so does our team, and I think they really helped Connecticut more than hurt us.
almost coming exciting great harder require teams work
I think we're going to have work a lot harder for it. It's going to require us making the very most of all our abilities, because there are so many great teams coming back almost intact. So we'll be different. To me, that's very exciting because we're going to have to be different offensively, different defensively.
exciting great
It was an exciting game. It was a great game. But it was just one game.
along great laugh memories pressure
You've got to laugh at yourself, or laugh at your team. There's pressure on any team, but you have to make as many great memories as you can along the way.
adapt arena forces great ncaa players playing
It's like playing in the NCAA Tournament. It forces your players to adapt to the time, the distance, the arena and the crowd. It's a great experience.
continued defense gain good great half hit second shots
It was gradual. They hit shots and continued to gain more confidence. Our defense in the second half was not as good as it was in the first half, and they hit great shots.
athletic difficult great hard job prepare team
It's their athleticism. They do a great job with their traps, and you don't see it every day, so it's hard to prepare for. They're the most athletic team in the country, and it's difficult to prepare for that.
became early game great wore
Early on, we were the aggressor, and I thought we did a great job. But I thought as the game wore on they became a little more comfortable.
character felt finish great history necessary pressure ugly win
It was the most ugly win in the history of our program. We felt the pressure a bit. But we did what was necessary . . . We showed great character to finish the job.
bench coming everybody great played pleased team
Overall, I was really pleased and I thought it was a great team effort. Everybody coming off the bench played really well for us and that's important.