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...
ball decisions focused force people plays second trying turn upset
I was upset with some of the knucklehead plays we made early. People were trying to force things they don't usually do. In the second half, people focused better, made better decisions and we didn't turn the ball over.
change coming felt glad great people second
With the change in the second half, I really felt like we went with people who give us great energy. I'm just glad we have that kind of people coming off the bench.
clear game half needed second watching
She is so funny. I wasn't watching the game as clear as I needed to when I was watching it with her so I told her in the second half I needed to go. She's a riot.
bit gave good half hit momentum rushed second settled shots
Candice hit some big shots in the second half and we got it going. We rushed a little bit in the first half but we settled down and that gave us some good momentum into the tournament.
anyone maybe mix none plan played
I think we'll mix it up. We've got a Plan A, a Plan B and a Plan C. Maybe none of them are going to work. We will try to do a lot of different things. She is so different. She is not like anyone we have played against.
attention paying players saw week
I thought our players were really paying attention this week in practice. They saw her in person and they said, 'Wow! OK, we know what we need to do.
high met sets shots standard
I think Candice realized, once she got going, that 'Hey, this is what I can do', and she sets a really high standard for herself. There's not too many shots she's met that she doesn't like.
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).
glad job saw
I saw some really uncharacteristic things, too, and I'm glad we got those out of our system. I think we can do a better job offensively.
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.
ahead ball coaching country good love player roll team
When you have a big-time player like Candice Wiggins, you just can roll the ball out there and something good will happen. I love coaching Candice. There's not another player in the country I want on this team ahead of her.
ball knock passes shot shots smith thank
We have shot the ball very well, and I think we have (center) Brooke Smith to thank for that because she passes the ball so well. But, obviously, you have to be able to knock the shots down.
huge proud win
This was a huge win for us. I?m really proud of our team.
team
We have this thing where if we get a team down, we've got to keep them down.