Joanne Boyle
Joanne Boyle
Joanne Boyleis the current head coach of the University of Virginia women's basketball team. Prior to joining the Cavaliers, Boyle served as the head coach of the California Golden Bears women's basketball team. Boyle played her collegiate basketball for the Duke Blue Devils basketball program...
far helped ourselves
We could have helped ourselves by far with a win. And now we have to wait.
helped
We could have helped ourselves. Now, it's a wait-and-see.
cylinders defensive focused grind worked
(UCLA) worked on all cylinders today. They're senior-heavy, they're focused and we didn't grind it out in the defensive end.
certain comfort feed game playing running situations six somebody stretch stuff team zone
We end up running a lot of two-man game stuff for them down the stretch and in certain situations and they really feed off each other. It's a comfort zone that you've been playing with somebody for four, five, six years. It makes you a better team because of that.
advantage middle players strength taking talked
We talked about taking advantage of their size. They're undersized and they've got players out so our strength was in the middle tonight.
conference people recognize respect teams
To get that many teams in, to get that much respect really makes people recognize this conference as a force.
final fought trying
We fought at the end, but we didn't come out and play 40 minutes. We were trying to do it all in the final 3:45 and that wasn't going to work.
care case dominating people playing shots taking team
We are playing well defensively, but people are getting more shots than we are. We are not taking care of the ball, and that's all us. It's not a case of the other team dominating us.
best chance last night regular season wins
We're banged up about as much as we can be and they don't complain. They rallied for our last night here at Haas (Pavilion) in the regular season and the chance to go to the (NCAA) Tournament. They put everything out there. This is probably one of our best wins of the year.
biggest consistent goals noise though
We're just inconsistent-that's the biggest thing. Even though we've set goals, we've been inconsistent with them. We have to be more consistent with all these things to make some noise here at the end.
experience freshmen gained grown learn season team typical whatever
We learn as we go and you have to go through a whole season with your team for them to experience everything. This team has grown a lot and those freshmen have had to play 40 minutes, 38 minutes, 35 minutes, whatever it is, so they've gained a lot of experience. I don't think they're typical freshmen.
early flow might practice prepare
We have to go with the flow here. We might have to practice early one day this week, kind of prepare them. But the little things like that, you just have to go with.
arizona defend defense defensive expect fact game gotten win worst
The fact is, we've been in every game. We expect more now. Our defense is what's gotten us to win games, and Arizona was our worst defensive game of the year. We just didn't defend in that game.
huge stepped
When the going got tough, (St. John's) stepped up with some huge shots.