ACC Women's Hoops Media Day Quotes
10/30/2002 7:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Oct. 30, 2002
Some fan questions submitted last week were used during Sunday's interviews. Check and see if your questions were answered.
Question from Arran Adams (Richmond, VA) for Maryland coach Brenda Frese: How do you handle the pressure of the expectation that you will turn the program around and how do you handle the standards set by the coach you are replacing?
Frese's answer: As far as expectations go, we place expectations on ourselves. Really, for us, it's about getting better every single day. When you come in ready to work hard and do the little things, the rest is going to be able to follow.
Hopefully we can build on it. I have great admiration and respect for what Chris Weller was able to do, the tradition she was able to establish here at the University of Maryland. We're hoping to be able to build on it and build for the future.
With the loss of five seniors to graduation and not a lot of experience coming back, we're going to be very young. We like that though, because there aren't any expectations and for us, it's just about us wanting to work hard and get out and work hard every single day.
On last year's team going 2-7 in games decided by 10 points or less: "The good thing about that stat is that we were in a lot of ballgames. Hopefully we'll be able to pull away with some wins and know what to do with that kind of game experience that we had, being able to play so close."
On coaching in the ACC: "It's known to be one of the premiere conferences in the country, and I'm very excited to coach against the best and for our players to, day in and day out, compete against some of the best competition. We're looking forward to the battles we're going to face every time out."
"We were down to nine players at one point last week, but we bring in male scout players, so we really don't go against each other, we go against the male scout squad. That way, you know we're being tested every day going up against them. But it's interesting, and the different combinations, and hopefully with 11 on your roster you'll be able to keep everybody happy."
Quotes from Renneika Razor:
"Coach Frese brings a lot of energy, she's very motivational. She has an uptempo style, and that really fits us."
"I'm going to do what I can in practice to prove that I can be a go-to player."
Quotes from Terri Daniels:
"Being a leader comes with a lot of responsibilities. I want to help lead my team to a successful year, not just in wins but knowing that we came out every game and every day that we played our hardest."
"It's like a fresh start. We're able to start completely new, new coaches, new arena, so not many people have the opportunity for a second chance to prove that they belong in the Top 25, and we do."
