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...
kids possibly
We did everything we possibly could with what we had. These kids aren't used to losing, particularly like this.
chelsea tried
We tried the zone, but Chelsea was on fire.
huge number
It's a huge weekend, number one to get our confidence.
prayers tragic
This is a tragic situation. I don't know all the details. Our prayers are with the family.
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.
knew
It all started with our practices. We knew that we just had to be tougher.
half second
In the second half and in the overtime, we rebounded well and made shots.
champion defending proves until
They're the defending champion until someone proves different.
dominated heads lit second
In the second half, they lit us up and we had our heads down a little. We didn't get much from our post, and they just dominated the boards.
adversity cal couple effort game good great home kids number team total tough win
It was a great win considering the adversity of being without a couple of players. Cal has a very good team and a very tough home court. I was really pleased. It was a total team effort with a number of kids who haven't had a big game in a while.
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.
last played playing proud stopped time
I'm proud of our kids. They never stopped playing hard. Last time we played them, we had 11 players. This time we had seven. That was the difference.
hit joy
When Joy hit that three, that really started it for us.
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.