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...
came loose played
We came out and played loose and confident. We played smart. We played very hard.
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.
athletics awesome bring excellent gives great played player relate
I think it's awesome to bring back a student-athlete that has played here recently. It gives her great insight, and I think she's young enough to relate to the players. In addition, she's a great player and an excellent coach.
ask heart natalie played
Natalie played her heart out. I can't ask her to do any more.
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.
grew hard knew
I think she grew up and she knew that she had to play hard and play smart.
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.
hit joy
When Joy hit that three, that really started it for us.
lack light ucla zone
UCLA was on fire. Because of our lack of depth, we had to play zone a lot. And then they would light it up.