Sue Semrau
Sue Semrau
Susan Paige Semrau is the head women's basketball coach at Florida State University. She has compiled a 339–216 career record over 18 seasons at FSU. She has guided the Seminoles to appearances in the NCAA tournament 10 out of the past 11 seasons...
again almost best continue faced far home next preparing road since team travel
I think we continue to get better and better with our road play. It's almost like it's our home away from home now since we don't have very many home games, the next two again are on the road and one team we've faced before (Virginia) and one team we don't have to travel as far to face (Georgia Tech). We've been intentional in preparing for it and we're going to be our best come Sunday.
afternoon against best bunch effort fun game help level shot sustained throughout together
I think our rebounding effort against Clemson is going to help us. This is what we're going to have to put together up there. We don't have anything to lose. If we can play with that sustained level throughout the game, it's a 2:00 in the afternoon game and we'll have a bunch of energy. It will be fun to go up there and take our best shot at them.
best came game great guards job seen stepped
She just really came up big. I thought our guards did a great job of getting her the basketball, and she just really responded. I thought that was the best game that we've seen out of her. For a freshman, she really stepped up and did a great job.
basketball best defend defense generate match matter playing
Defensively, we are playing our best basketball and when we use our defense to generate our offense, that's when we're exciting. Tournament-time, no matter who we play, the way we match up if going to come down to how we defend and how we rebound.
against best carrie defense extra free good great hit job mason missed next pass ran seen selection shot shots shown team tech tremendous virginia
I thought Carrie Mason was the best I've ever seen her. Obviously, she missed just one shot. Her shot selection was tremendous. She hit big shots when she need to. She hit all of her free throws. She ran the team and she did a great job. Virginia Tech did a good job of making the extra pass which is shown by the 18 assists. That's what you've got to do against a defense that's going to come at you. That's to penetrate and then find the next one. They did a tremendous job of that.
best seen
I think this will be one of the best tournaments that we've seen in the ACC.
best conference extra great kept maryland offensive ourselves pride second
The best thing about them is they didn't let us go to the offensive boards. We've been first or second in the conference the whole year. We don't pride ourselves on being a great shooting. We pride ourselves in getting extra possessions, and I thought Maryland kept us from those extra possessions.
awareness connect continue develop life others outside people program
It is so important for our program to develop awareness that there is life outside of basketball. We want to continue to connect with young people and others in need.
clicking commitment defensive players practice seemed system though
I thought we had an outstanding practice yesterday. Our players made a commitment to the defensive system and it seemed as though we were clicking on all cylinders...especially in the first half.
drawing focus good ncaa tournament
I thought we got a good look too. We will go back to the drawing board. We're really not just going to focus on this. We will focus on the things that we've done to be able to be better and go into the NCAA tournament with a lot of confidence.
hoped solid work
I think it's the place that we always hoped that it would be with the solid foundation, fundamentals, mind-set and work ethic.
certainly
We're certainly not where we want to be at.
basketball beginning coming confidence consistency defend defensive developing easy extremely played rebound talking team transition
Our team played really well at Miami. I keep talking about how much better we're getting and I think a lot of that is just developing confidence and the consistency we have on the defensive end of the floor. We're beginning now to not only defend like we can, but also rebound the basketball extremely well and because of those two things, we're coming up with some easy transition buckets on the other end.
chance difficult easier finishing four game games instead proud team three top tournament vision
I think it is really important if you have any kind of vision for going to the championship game of the tournament because four days, four games is a very difficult task. It's been done, but at the same time, it's a lot easier if you have the chance to play three back-to-back games instead so I'm very proud of my team for finishing in the top four in the ACC.