Joan Bonvicini
Joan Bonvicini
Joan Bonvicini is the former head coach for the Seattle University women's basketball team, the Redhawks, and one of only 18 coaches in Division I women's basketball history with 600 career victories. She was head coach at the University of Arizona for 17 seasons, leading the Wildcats to the Women's National Invitation Tournament championship in 1996. She was fired by Arizona on March 17, 2008 with one year left on her contract, after a disappointing 10-20 record in her final...
grew hard knew
I think she grew up and she knew that she had to play hard and play smart.
definitely equally forward future hard looking next start tough until wait
We definitely are looking forward to the future and next season. This has been hard on everybody. I think it is equally important that we wait until we get everyone back and start working out again. It has been a tough year, but it also has been very positive, too.
grieving happy hard process team
Even for me it's difficult, it really is. It's hard to say where the grieving process is, but I know right now I'm not happy with how the team is playing. I should say I'm more disappointed.
contact creates hard mind player sure versatile ways
I'm sure it's hard in some ways for her, but she's a versatile player who doesn't mind the banging. She creates contact and can shoot, so there are a lot of positives.
freshman hard players playing road
It's not that we're not playing hard. We're playing hard and we're playing a lot of young players who at times make freshman mistakes, so it's - particularly on the road - it's more difficult.
hit minute three took wind
Kristen O'Neill hit three in a minute or a minute and a half. And then Craddock went off, and it just took the wind out of our sails, particularly when we're not rebounding well.
knew
It all started with our practices. We knew that we just had to be tougher.
week
That week was surreal. We were numb, we made it through it.
family outside team
Lisa's away from the team for family matters. Outside of that, I can't say anything.
boxing consistent
We need to be more consistent rebounding and boxing out. I'd also like to see more consistency.
adjustment good knew
We thought she could be a good perimeter scorer. At the same time, we knew it would be an adjustment for her.
attacking key time tough zone
We had a tough time with Smith. I thought the key was when they went to a zone and we didn't adjust. We were not attacking the zone as we could have.
came loose played
We came out and played loose and confident. We played smart. We played very hard.
hit joy
When Joy hit that three, that really started it for us.