LaVonda Wagner
LaVonda Wagner
LaVonda Wagneris the former head coach of the Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team and is an FSN television analyst for WNBA games. She was fired from Oregon State on June 1, 2010 in the wake of a turbulent offseason that saw multiple player and assistant coach departures...
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I think we lost our legs a little bit toward the end.
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I think we have a really good shot at playing. We finished with a 15-14 record and had wins over Cal and a very good USC team. And we won seven Pac-10 games.
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I sat beside Mandy at the Pac-10 Media Day (in November) and we left early because no one was asking us any questions. On the cab back to the airport we made a promise to each other that we wouldn't finish last. We took that to the rest of the team and that's been a tribute to them.
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We have some visits lined up, and maybe we'll sign two or three more.
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Our fans did a great job. I was so excited to see more orange than green. We had a real home-court advantage.
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That was huge. We talked about being focused (at halftime), we talked about having an attack mind-set, it was a five-point game at that point.
ball turn
We can't have any period, in any game. We can't turn the ball over.
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We are a better team today than we were yesterday or even a month ago, and I think we will be a better team Friday than today.
beat gave looks team
We gave them too many second-chance looks and you can't beat a top-25 team that way.
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Wyoming is a very good team and we knew that coming into the game. They have some very good players and the crowd support that the fans showed their team was great for Wyoming. This is a tough place to play.
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(Future players) know what I expect the moment I start recruiting them. I recruit women who I watch play and who I know can fit.
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We knew if we could take the air out of the ball and execute our stuff we'd be able to put the ball in the basket.
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We knew coming in that Wyoming was a good shooting team and we had to get a hand in their face. We were able to do that in the opening minutes of the game. Then we got away from that and that hurt us.
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She definitely stepped up on both ends of the court.