Kay Yow
Kay Yow
Sandra Kay Yowwas an American basketball coach. She was the head coach of the NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team from 1975 to 2009. A member of the Naismith Hall of Fame, she had more than 700 career wins. She also coached the U.S. women's basketball team to an Olympic gold medal in 1988 despite having been diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987. In April 2010, CollegeInsider.com created a new award called the Kay Yow National Coach of the Year...
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That was the main thing I wanted them to focus on was not to letup on the defensive end. Play great defense, box out and they got their hands on some balls down the stretch playing great defense. That really helped save the game for us.
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There's not a player for Maryland who's not a threat. We had our hands full. They one of the most talented teams in the country, and we'll see soon if they may be the very best.
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It's a tall order, but they are student athletes and they like challenges.
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It was a very disappointing performance for us. We know it is important when you play a team like them that you have to come out strong and not to lose in the first five minutes, which I feel happened to us.
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We have to have that in a game like this. There was no way we could fare well having one half of our offense.
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We wanted to put the same kind of pressure on them that they put on us. We felt if we really penetrated strongly, and did a good job, that it would cause fouls on their part.
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We know it's important with a team like that, and other really great teams, to start the game out strong, not to start to lose it in the first five minutes, which I felt happened to us today. From that point their confidence level really rose and they really shot the ball extremely well. We just got in a deep hole and then we were just fighting for our life.
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I feel like I had zero control over getting cancer, but I have 100 percent control over how I will respond to dealing with cancer.
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This is a mind over matter thing. We have to find it within ourselves to play for two hours. We love the game, so it's not like we're doing something we hate. We're doing something we love.
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I normally shun the spotlight, but I don't mind being the platform.
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Wow, it's hard to imagine coaching 1,000 games, but that does mean I have been in it for a long time. It is very special to have coached so many games and to have been blessed to do so.
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We are fortunate to come out of here with a win tonight. Billie McDowell had a great game for us and all of our players that came off the bench played a key role in our win.
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We knew we were tired, but not that tired to play that badly in the first half. We got into a deep hole and then we were just fighting for our lives.
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When we played at Florida State we didn't play as aggressively as we should have. Now we have a chance again to see what we can do.