John Whisenant
John Whisenant
John Whisenantis an American former head coach for the New York Liberty in the Women's National Basketball Association. He graduated in 1966 with a B.S. degree in physical education from New Mexico State University and earned an M.A. in history from Pittsburg State University...
rooting teams
We are silently rooting for their teams not to advance.
alert beat drive knew lost talked
We just lost her. That's how alert we were. We talked about it. We knew they couldn't beat us with a two. I told our team, if they drive to the basket, let them go.
great sun team tickled
We're tickled to death, of course, to come here and play a great team like the Sun and get away with a win.
against boards close good key kicked shots stops
We kicked them good on the boards and that made up for some of it. We had some key stops when they got close and we got good shots against them. Now we go home, and we have to play better.
happy
We were flat. Our offense, you know, we didn't score, so I can't be happy with that ... We just didn't execute.
point true
Without Ticha, Haynie is our only true point guard. We'll have to see what she can do.
creates run single
We don't run a single play for Yolanda. She creates her own opportunities.
hard living scoring stop teams trying
We make our living with trying to stop teams from scoring and making it hard on them,
five hold last minutes
We got them down, but we didn't hold them down. I'd like to have the last five minutes over. But we still got the win.
becomes facing good known plays shoot team
When you shoot the ball, everything becomes easier. We're facing a team known for its offense, but Connecticut plays pretty good defense, too.
college defensive excellent floor great kim learn percentage shooting style team throughout
Throughout her four-year college career, Kim has had a great shooting percentage from the floor and the line. We think she can learn our defensive style and be an excellent team player.
rejection shooting assistants
We talked about it. An assistant coach suggested fouling, but I rejected it because I was afraid we'd foul them shooting and get beat that way. Hindsight couldn't have been worse than what happened to us.
game saying
we're saying Game 3, but she could play in Game 2.
defensive great intense system throughout works
We got whipped. We were not active, alert, intense like we have been throughout the playoffs. Our defensive system only works with great intensity.