Wendy Larry
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"Wendy Larry" (born 1955) was the head coach of the Old Dominion University Lady Monarchs women's basketball team. She coached the team in the 1997 NCAA National Championship game against the Lady Vols of the University of Tennessee in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her Lady Monarchs teams have reached a total of 20 NCAA Tournaments, set an NCAA record with 17 Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) titles, and Larry coached in 608 career victories.

Larry was awarded the US Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) Coach of the Year award in 1997.

In May of 2011, Larry announced her retirement from Old Dominion, after her team did not reach the NCAA tournament in two successive seasons. The university did not offer to extend her contract, which had one year remaining.

In June of 2012, Larry accepted a position as an associate commissioner of the Atlantic 10 Conference, focusing her work on women's basketball.

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Every single team that we played, bar one or two, had some exceptional talent on their team.

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Every place we walk into is like this. We're going to get their best shot and you know that going in, so what are you going to do about it?

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North Carolina, on the bus ride home, will feel like they were in a war. I hope they do.

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The opportunity to lock up that No. 1 seed is coveted by so many teams in the conference. For us to do that this year under some of the circumstances and some of the obstacles we've dealt with is pretty amazing stuff.

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I think there are a number of things. We've really committed to the war on the boards, we've attacked the glass at both ends feverishly at times. We've gotten better defending the basketball. We weren't very good doing that when we started conference play, but we're getting better.

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Duke now has speed and is as gifted athletically as they've ever been. They have a tremendous amount of depth.

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Across the board, Tennessee's size is significant. Now, if their bench continues to get more and more effective and help consistently, I can't imagine what it would be like down the road.

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We forced them to play 'man.' We don't see it very often.

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Not only are we defending the crown for ourselves, we're going to try to play at home for our fans because they've been so, so supportive and they've traveled everywhere we've gone.

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