Brenda Frese
Brenda Frese
Brenda Sue Frese is an American women's basketball head coach and former player. Since 2002, she has served as the head coach of the University of Maryland women's basketball team. In her fourth year as head coach, she won the 2006 Women's National Championship. She won the 2009 ACC Regular Season and Tournament Championships - the women's first ACC Championship since 1989. She won another ACC Championship in 2012 and reached another Final Four in 2014. Maryland moved to the...
athletic director dream full goals package support true vision
Her vision and my vision met. Our goals were one and the same. To have that kind of support from your athletic director and your president, the full package is a dream come true for a young coach.
amount both game gives half love minutes teams tip track tremendous
It gives us a tremendous amount of confidence. You're not having to use that first 10, 20 minutes in the first half of the game to get used to each other's style. We already know from the tip that this game's going to be a track meet. Both teams love to score, and both teams love offense.
biggest selection speaks volumes
I think that speaks for itself. It's up to the selection committee. But I said this going into the tournament: the biggest thing we can do is win, and put yourself in the championship game. It speaks volumes for this team.
comfort knowing level played team tremendous
I think that's huge. There's a tremendous comfort level knowing you've played the team before.
great pull respect scoring shows sign team utmost wins
I think that shows the sign of a great team when you can pull out wins when you're not scoring a lot of points. We have the utmost respect for Duke.
conference expected season shows sure teams three top tremendous truly unique
I think that is truly amazing. It shows how unique the ACC has been this season and what a tremendous conference it has been from top to bottom. I expected the depth, but I'm not sure we expected three teams in the top four.
fact guarantee next special team understand
What makes this team so special is the fact that they don't take any of it for granted. They understand the big picture. There is no guarantee for us next year. They understand that.
seconds
I think it was like 10 seconds after the game.
free hit key offensive shot stepped sync
Marissa was a little out of sync with her offensive rhythm, but really stepped up and hit that key shot and then she stepped up and hit some key free throws.
build confidence extremely hoping locker momentum playing proud team
Like we told them in the locker room, I'm extremely proud of this team and what they've been able to accomplish. Everyone's playing their best, playing with confidence and hoping to build on the momentum that we've got here.
aggressive entire game obviously shorts
That's because of obviously how aggressive (the Tar Heels) play. They're in your shorts the entire game for 40 minutes.
attacked extremely game glass moving overall solid unselfish
I thought we were extremely unselfish moving the ball. We attacked the glass very, very hard. I think it was just a really solid overall game by this team.
both forth stepped
Kristi was hitting. It was back and forth with her and Kim. I thought they both stepped up with a lot of confidence.
passes runs second unselfish
When we're focused, we can go on runs like that. In the second half, we started making more unselfish passes and made things happen.