Billy Gillispie
Billy Gillispie
Billy Clyde Gillispie, also known by his initials BCG and Billy Clyde, is an American college basketball coach who is the current athletic director and men's basketball head coach at Ranger College. Gillispie has previously been head coach at the UTEP, Texas A&M, Kentucky, and Texas Tech...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth7 November 1959
ncaa teams work
There are a lot of teams out there that will do well in the NCAA Tournament. But there are a lot of teams that still have work to do, and we're one of those teams.
both credit deal either great hard loss offense played teams tough
This was a really, really tough loss for us. Both teams played hard enough to win. There wasn't a great deal of offense on either side; you credit the defenses, but it's a tough one.
bad both credit deal either great hard offense played teams
We were really bad on offense, but we have to credit their defense. Both teams played hard enough to win. There wasn't a great deal of offense on either side.
best coach definitely guys highest jeff missouri quite recruit style teams
The style of play with Missouri will be quite different. Coach Huggins will definitely recruit at the very highest level, and his teams always play with unbelievable intensity. And Jeff is one of the best young guys in the country.
arena based conference people stuff talking teams today watched
Our conference isn't getting enough respect. There are too many people out there talking that haven't watched our teams play. They weren't in this arena today and they weren't in a lot of different arenas, they just make assumptions based on stuff that's not factual.
good hard offensive studied teams
I haven't studied all the teams in this league, but I know it's hard to make baskets in this league. I think it's attributable to the good defenses out there. There are good offenses out there, good offensive schemes, so I would say it's good defense.
past team
I wouldn't put anything past this team right here.
entire halftime joe kept spent throwing
Joe spent the entire halftime throwing up. He said he didn't have any energy. But he kept fighting.
either exactly joe knows reminded shot
Joe shouldn't have shot it. He knows that. It was my fault. I probably should have either called another timeout right there and told them exactly what we wanted to do or just reminded Joe that we didn't really need to have a 3-point shot at that point.
athletic ball basket finish foul line quite
We couldn't get the ball to the basket because of athletic ability, couldn't finish enough plays, couldn't get to the foul line quite as much as they did.
happy
That was a hard-fought win, and I'm very, very, very happy to get it.
everybody game involved wednesday
I think everybody involved in that game Wednesday is probably pretty drained.
push success
We always try to push the ball. Sometimes we just have a little more success than we do at other times.
capable great last magical program winning
We lucked out last week, but it was a magical win. It's a great program capable of winning the championship this year. We have to muster enough to be as competitive as we can.