The Cardinal honored the school’s goalkeeper and capped an undefeated conference season with its 15th tournament title.
LAS VEGAS — An unexpected finalist, a surprise retirement and a repeat champion as much in mourning as celebration transformed the Pac-12 women’s tournament into something greater than the sum of its substantial on-court drama.
“I leave the seeding and all that bracketology to other people,” VanDerveer said after the championship game. “We didn’t even know we were the No. 1 last year. It doesn’t matter. It’s playing well, staying healthy and playing with each other. So to me, it’s irrelevant.” “I did a terrible job tonight coaching, obviously lost my cool” after forward Nyara Sabally fouled out, Graves said. “I guess I gestured in the wrong way, breathed in the wrong way, something to that extent. And they made us pay.”But for Utah to make its first Pac-12 tournament final and for Colorado to reach the semifinals for the first time since 2015 is a significant marker for both schools, which joined the conference in 2011-12.
Said guard Anna Wilson: “It’s a really small way of showing support. We know that her spirit is here when we’re playing and her energy. If anyone got to see her play, she’s definitely the most energetic goalie I’ve ever seen. We just wanted to embody her spirit while playing. I think we’ll carry that through the rest of the season.”
“ didn’t seem to have their legs in the second half as much. We were running better and knocking down shots.”After Arizona State’s first-round loss Wednesday, coach Charli Turner Thorne gave a somewhat cryptic answer when asked if she would want the Sun Devils to play in the WNIT. Turner Thorne stepped away for a one-season sabbatical in 2011-12 and has long maintained that she would not be a coach for life.
“It did feel like a good time, not based on results of the season but for my life. The job was taking its toll on my health. I still have my health if I will actually take care of myself, and I’m there for my parents. It felt really good to me.”
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