(03-18-2023, 03:37 PM)81alum Wrote: Here is the feed for the Ole Miss and Stanford pregame pressers. Ole Miss begins at 4:38. Stanford begins at 55:22.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGltCzVVFx8
You absolutely HAVE to watch our student athletes speaking about Tara, but wait until you here Emma-Nnopu discussing "the nice girls from Stanford." My confidence in this team just went up after hearing her rejoinder!
Tara seemed almost dour, deadly serious. "Didn't sleep last night. They are a very experienced group, didn't see a freshman on their roster. They took Gonzaga apart last night. We are going to have to play very well."
She noted Brink practiced very well today. A reporter asked about whether she would be limited in minutes, and she said not only Brink but "everyone is day to day."
"Rebounding is key. We can't be the nice girls from Stanford."
"Coaching is not giving candy to players, it's making corrections, and helping them reach their potential."
Tara was asked to reflect on her first NCAA tournament game with Stanford--an overtime win in Montana, in which Jennifer Azzi was a sophomore and Jos Tinkle's mother played for Montana.
Just watched the student parts of this, fascinating. Agree, brobdingnagian contrast between the Ole Miss players and the Stanford three. Interesting choices of which ones -- Agnes, Elena, and Fran. All three were reasonably articulate, something that the Ole Miss two were not. One comment I really liked, almost a throwaway, came from Fran when asked about her major and dealing with finals coming up. She said in commenting on balancing time and the demands of being student-athletes, "We're students first." Wow! Can't imagine that comment coming from players at many other schools.