Mulkey Explains Baylor's Depth
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK -- After guiding her team to the 2009 Big 12 Tourney Championship with a 72 to 63 win over Texas A&M Sunday afternoon, Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey explained how her team has been able to overcome the loss of starter, 6'4" center, Danielle Wilson due to a knee injury on March 3.
"Well, losing Danielle Wilson, you lost your 6' 4" center who is having a great year, leading scorer, leading rebounder.
But if you have followed our team, Danielle Wilson, guys, was a sub in a lot of games last year. She wasn't in the rotation every time we played. Danielle Wilson developed into the player she is now this year.
Always look at the team that we've had. There is not a dominant player like a Courtney Paris. If you lose a Courtney Paris, you see what happens. It is very difficult to adjust because she is that good.
Danielle Wilson is good, a big loss for us, but our scoring, our rebounding, it is distributed throughout the lineup. We had Morghan (Medlock), McDonald's All-American coming in off the bench. You have Melissa Jones, sixth player in the league that started some games for us.
I know if you don't follow my team, you think I'm being partial, but I think you now see we're not going away. What we lost the most when Danielle went down, we lost a kid that had the ability to alter shots, to block shots, and we lost a post-player that I believe in this league runs the floor from foul line to foul line better than any post in our league. That's what we lost.
How did she become the leading scorer and rebounder? As she developed and you watched your team grow, you go "This kid is ready for this" and so you run things for Danielle. But you still have that balance on our team. That's why I kept saying over and over, we're not going away."
As the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament approaches this weekend, the Lady Bears are definitely not going away.
"Well, losing Danielle Wilson, you lost your 6' 4" center who is having a great year, leading scorer, leading rebounder.
But if you have followed our team, Danielle Wilson, guys, was a sub in a lot of games last year. She wasn't in the rotation every time we played. Danielle Wilson developed into the player she is now this year.
Always look at the team that we've had. There is not a dominant player like a Courtney Paris. If you lose a Courtney Paris, you see what happens. It is very difficult to adjust because she is that good.
Danielle Wilson is good, a big loss for us, but our scoring, our rebounding, it is distributed throughout the lineup. We had Morghan (Medlock), McDonald's All-American coming in off the bench. You have Melissa Jones, sixth player in the league that started some games for us.
I know if you don't follow my team, you think I'm being partial, but I think you now see we're not going away. What we lost the most when Danielle went down, we lost a kid that had the ability to alter shots, to block shots, and we lost a post-player that I believe in this league runs the floor from foul line to foul line better than any post in our league. That's what we lost.
How did she become the leading scorer and rebounder? As she developed and you watched your team grow, you go "This kid is ready for this" and so you run things for Danielle. But you still have that balance on our team. That's why I kept saying over and over, we're not going away."
As the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament approaches this weekend, the Lady Bears are definitely not going away.
posted by Kris G @ 4:27 PM
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