Coach Courtney Banghart on 34th pick 2018 WNBA Draft:Princeton's Leslie Robinson

Princeton Women’s Basketball Head Coach Courtney Banghart

Recorded 8am Saturday Morning 4/14

:20 Where were you where she was drafted Thursday night (4/12)? What was your reaction?

:48 What was Leslie’s reaction when you called her?

1:17 Coming in as a freshman, did you ever think that Robinson’s Princeton career would end this way?

2:02 What, do you think, has been the biggest development in her game from Freshman year to Senior year?

3:00 How does Robinson’s skillset fit in with the current NY Liberty roster?

4:06 Robinson playing the role of ball distributer for the Liberty

4:55 What is your role in this whole process: her career from college freshman to first year professional basketball player and beyond?

6:10 Was the Liberty the only team that was interested in Robinson or were there others?

6:27 Did you tell Craig Robinson, her father, that there was interest among WNBA teams?

6:54 Courtney Banghart’s relationship with new NY Liberty head coach Katie Smith

7:56 Besides more exposure to them, what is Robinson’s impact on her former teammates?

8:45 Banghart’s text to Leslie Robinson’s mom

9:15 “of course the NY Liberty, that’s Leslie’s dad”: Craig Robinson Player Development and G League with the Knicks. What role and how much influence did he have in the process?

10:12 #BallersCanBookToo - Where did that creative hashtag come from?

10:57 What is your advice for Leslie Robinson, who is moving on to the pro level? There isn’t much time to prepare. Important date: Blake Dietrick '15 (Atlanta) at Leslie Robinson ’18 (New York) Tuesday, June 19.

12:12 It’s a rarity that a first-year player makes a WNBA roster: Banghart explains the process that Leslie is up against