Women's Hoops Blog

Inane commentary on a game that deserves far better


Saturday, April 19, 2008

Relive the Tampa Final Four experience through some great quotes gathered by Tara Polen during the week of festivities. For example:
“I didn’t know what it was. I said ‘What’s that number, 739?’ And she said, ‘That’s Dawn Staley’s assist record … I’m gonna get it.’ I said, ‘Oh, are you?’ She sure enough did, about ¾ of the way through this season. A lot of people say, ‘Did Dawn have an advantage back when she played because she actually got to play with several All-Americans on the team?’ and actually Dawn didn’t have an advantage because she had Doyle Smith there as our statistician and Doyle never gave Dawn any assists. She’d play at home and have three assists; she’d go on the road and have 15. So actually … the record that she had was phenomenal.”

- Virginia coach Debbie Ryan on Sharnee Zoll’s topping Dawn Staley’s 739-record ACC assists