Tara VanDerveer
Tara VanDerveer
Tara Ann VanDerveer is an American basketball coach who has been the head women's basketball coach at Stanford University since 1985. Designated the Setsuko Ishiyama Director of Women's Basketball, VanDerveer led the Stanford Cardinal to two NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championships: in 1990 and 1992. She stepped away from the Stanford program for a year to serve as the U.S. national team head coach at the 1996 Olympic Games. VanDerveer is the 1990 Naismith National Coach of the Year...
excited freshman great start year
She's off to a great start of her freshman year and we're really excited at how well she is playing.
great immediate impact numbers player sure
I'm not sure any player has had as immediate and great an impact as she has. Her numbers are incredible.
confidence couple gained great offense past reason running shown successful
She's come a long way quickly. She's the reason why we've been successful the past couple of games. She's gained the team's confidence in running the offense and she's shown great maturity.
great post talk
She was the post to talk about (on Saturday). She doesn't have the dunk, but she has the hook. It's a great old-time move.
challenge challenges coaches great oklahoma played players team
Oklahoma has a great team and they played really well. It's a challenge for the players on our team, but they like challenges and our coaches like challenges, so we will do what we have to do to get ready.
felt good great happy job played successful
I'm happy we were successful and I felt like we got great contributions from different people. We rebounded well and we played good defense, but we need to do a better job offensively.
athletic bring changed credit demanding director enjoys game great happy hard hope job saying time transition walk wonderful work
The athletic director job is so demanding and I think it's changed a lot over his 15 years, but he's done a great job. You have to bring your 'A' game to work every day, and I give him credit for saying it's time for a change. It's hard to walk away from Stanford. This is a wonderful place to be. I'm happy for him that he's able to transition into something he really enjoys doing. I hope I can do that.
improved surprise
In some ways, I think it was the most improved situation. She's able to show what she can do in Sacramento, and it doesn't surprise me at all.
include player
Ideally, I'd like to have an eight-or-nine player rotation, and I'd like to include another perimeter contributor.
surprised
I'm surprised when she misses. I think she's going to make every one.
bracket helped practice team
It has helped us that the bracket is so similar. We put things in practice that everybody's done, and I feel like our team is prepared.
bracket glad seems smith trend
I think the trend in this bracket is big-scoring posts. It seems to be the thing to have. I'm glad we have two of them (juniors Brooke Smith and Kristen Newlin).
aware ready team
Our team does need to be aware of the significance of (the UA) game, and to be sensitive, but also be ready to play.
excellent post seems strengths teams
It seems like the strengths of a lot of these teams are really similar. Everybody's got excellent post players.