Keith Freeman
Keith Freeman
Keith Freemanis an assistant coach of the women's basketball team at Wright State University. He is the former head women's basketball coach at Valparaiso University. Freeman, the sixth head coach in the history of the Valparaiso University Crusader women’s basketball program, was hired as the head coach before the 1994–1995 season. Freeman also served as the head women's basketball coach at Saint Joseph's College in Rensselaer, Indiana, from 1990–1994, and was the Great Lakes Valley Coach of the Year in...
awe best country dame games good guards inside played point respect strong team
I think we've played so many of these games that we aren't in awe of any team we play. We think Notre Dame has a good team, and we respect them. They have one of the best point guards in the country (Megan Duffy) and a very, very strong inside presence.
controlled except game happened involved kids learning seven top
I thought we controlled game except for that four-minute stretch. What happened in that four-minute stretch, our top seven kids weren't involved in that. We have to get more young kids learning to play.
academics athletics balance level whenever
I think whenever you balance academics and athletics and do it at a level of greatness, you're to be commended.
room
Our room for making substitutions -- there wasn't much room.
half pick second tried worse
What we tried to do in the second half was pick up the pace. The more we tried to go get 'em, the worse it got. We tried hard. We need to play them a different way.
eight held liked
We would liked to have held them to eight or nine.
ball carrie floor guard hard jamie open three worked
We worked the ball because they were clogging up the middle. We got a lot of open looks. With Lauren, Carrie and Jamie on the floor it's hard to guard all three 3-point shooters. We got open 3s and made enough of them.
eye frame kids positive
We just have to have a positive frame of mind, which I think our kids have, we have to confidence, which I think our kids will have, and we've got to have the eye of the tiger.
engage minds
We've got to play better. We've got to engage our minds and play more with our minds and our spirits.
entire felt great
I felt like we got great play out of our entire team.
control dame foul stop
We wanted to control Megan Duffy, we wanted to keep Notre Dame off the foul line, but we did not stop the high-low game.
contested defensive good job second start
We did a good job on the defensive end of making them take contested shots. Defensively, I thought we did a good job to start the second half.
league plays situation team wins
Every situation is new, and we're going to have to be able to come out with energy. The team that wins this league is going to be the one that comes out and plays every night.
dame guard less
UMKC does a lot of the same things that Notre Dame does, but they've got less athleticism and more 3-point shooting. We're going to have to make some adjustments in the way we guard them.