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...
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.
beating believe confidence defensive developing gain good growing help possession results stages teamwork themselves trust
In the stages of growing and developing that teamwork and trust for each other on the defensive end of the floor, you have to help them believe that you're going to get there. It's not just the (wins). They can see the results in different possessions. And as they gain confidence possession by possession, they see themselves beating good teams.
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.
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.
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.
ball hard pressure teammates
Our ball pressure was very good, and it made it hard for her teammates to find her.
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.
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I think it's just the growth of the program. Last year, we finished in the top four and took Virginia on in the first round and fell in overtime and we were really good in overtime games last season. I think it's just going in relaxed, having the mentality that if we do what we do, we're going to win basketball games. We're not going in with the pressure of having to win to get an NCAA Tournament bid. We just need to go in and play our best.
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Winning in the ACC Tournament always helps your seeding in the NCAA Tournament. Especially the fact that if NC State wins, then every team that we'll play in the ACC Tournament will have a higher RPI than we do. That can only help us in our cause for the NCAA Tournament.
affect altitude ball factor game handle prepare
The altitude is going to be a factor in the sense that physiologically it will affect but it's going to affect all of the teams. The way you handle that is what's important. We're going to go out and we're going to play hard. We're going to do what we can to prepare for the altitude but then we're going to go out and play the ball game and not even think about it.
feels good home
It feels good to be at home because it's so rare.