Jeff Walz:
On beating Maryland in the Elite Eight’s effect on the game tomorrow:
“This is the game to get to the Sweet 16 and our last game [against Maryland] was a game to get to the Final Four. Sure, you’re trying to advance to the next round, but if you can make it to the Final Four, that’s what you’re trying to do. Our goal is to hopefully be able to move on, but I have one player here, Becky [Burke] who played in that game and Monique Reid would be a senior, but she’s out, so we’re just excited to be playing. It’s nothing more than that. It was great to have some fans who stayed for yesterday’s game and cheered for us and friends who I stay in touch with through email and a few through phone. Besides that, it’s just another basketball game and I keep telling our players that I haven’t made a shot all year, so it’s not like I’m going to go out there and score 30 [points] tomorrow.”
Brenda Frese
Opening Statement:
“We’re obviously extremely excited to be advancing to the next round and are looking forward to playing a very good Louisville team. They’re a team that’s led by their talented guard Shoni Schimmel. Obviously, we know coach [Jeff] Walz extremely well, because he was on this staff. I think from both of our ends we know each other’s philosophies and we even have some of the same play calls, so that makes it fun. They’re going to have to junk it up. There will be a lot of different combinations of defenses and presses, like box and one, triangle and two and whatever else coach Walz can bring out. We feel like we’ve prepared for this all season long. Teams we’ve faced have prepared us for this moment, so we’re excited.”
freddy from boca
walz was an assistant of brenda’s for 5 yrs. they haven’t spoken in 4 yrs since louisville defeated md
· 11/12/2019