Rhonda Rompola
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"As a player:" AIAW Women's Basketball Tournament/AIAW Division I Tournament ChampionshipAIAW Women's Basketball Tournament/AIAW Division I Tournament Championship (AIAW Women's Basketball Tournament#1980 Division I tournament/1980)"As a head coach:" Western Athletic Conference/WAC Regular Season Championship (1998, 1999)WAC Women's Basketball Tournament/WAC Tournament Championship (1998, 1999)Conference USA/C-USA Tournament Championship (2008)

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"Rhonda Rompola" (born 1960) is the head women's basketball coach at Southern Methodist University. She has coached the Mustangs basketball program since 1991. In her first season as coach, she posted a 17-12 record, the team's first winning season since 1981-82 when she was a player. Along with being SMU's all-time leader in coaching wins in any sport, she is also honored with an honorable mention on the all-time Old Dominion Lady Monarchs basketball team.

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I didn't think it was good. But all three referees made the same call.

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Our RPI has to get higher for any tournament play.

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We can help ourselves by winning out and getting one of the top four spots. That bye would be good for us, because it's very difficult to play four consecutive nights.

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She came in here more mature than most freshman. She was always on time. That's the thing I remember the most. If she said she would call at 2 p.m., then she would call at 2 p.m.

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We're playing well at home and getting a different set of players contributing every game. We're pretty scrappy at home, and when we get that crowd going, it helps us.

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We couldn't get a stop. We could never get that lead. Our defense let us down and we just couldn't get over the hump.

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We had to win two more games, but you can't get caught looking ahead. We've won a couple of games lately, but we haven't been sharp. Everything is off a little bit.

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We're at a comfort level right now.

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Our slow start in the first half hurt us. We dug ourselves a hole against a very, very good team.

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