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est the whole time, and her not being around when she wasn't feeling well was huge on her part. A lot of people could be selfish and want the attention, but she showed up when she did feel well, so she could inspire the kids. "The culmination of being at the Big Ten Tournament and how the kids played at a different level, that just brought us all together, but it was exceptionally hard day in and day out." Gold and Black: How will the 10-second rule change what you do? And in a bigger picture, how will it change women's Tom Campbell basketball? Versyp, getting a game ball from Nancy Cross, picked up win No. 150 last season. The Versyp: "It can speed up eighth-year coach is 161-79 in her previous seven years as the coach at her alma mater. the game. It reinforces defense, even though more on this team? people want to see more offense. It reinforces the deVersyp: "KK and Courtney are the keys, but we have fense so you can get a turnover or get a steal, bust someto find a post player that can do that, which I think will one for 10 seconds. There is a reward for your hard work be Whitney (Bays) or Liza just because they can face the now. I am a fan of it. For us, we have to cause havoc in basket. Liza or Whitney have to evolve. the backcourt. We have to run-and-jump. We have to do "But KK or Courtney have to be there; they are sea variety of things so we don't have to set up defenses in niors, they have been (in big spots) since they have the halfcourt all the time if a team is exceptionally big. been freshmen. There should be no doubt of who I want We have to utilize our speed and quickness. to take the shot. If there are 10 seconds left and I'm look"I think it can go both ways. Some teams still won't ing for one shot, this is for you. They are not afraid to press, but the teams that have very quick and intense take that shot. They know that this is it." offenses will be able to break the press a lot better." Gold and Black: Looking back to last season, you Gold and Black: It seems like it could be an adwon 25 games and the Big Ten Tournament while vantage for this team in particular. You have ballTerry Kix, your director of operations was battling handlers who will be able to get the ball up offencancer. How difficult was that? sively, and on the other side if you do have to play Versyp: "As we all went through it, it was exceptiona smaller lineup, you wouldn't have to have them ally hard, harder than we could ever imagine. But you play all 30 seconds of defense in the halfcourt. went through it because you knew you needed to get Versyp: "That is what we are hoping. We want to through the day. But now, when we look back, it's like speed the game up as much as we can on both ends of 'Did that really happen?' We know it did, with her hair the floor. That is how we feel we need to play in order growing back (laughter). to be successful. We are better period if we can run as "But it was very traumatic for all of us. Being honmuch as we can." j f IllustrateD volume 24, issue 2 79