Charlie Coles
Charlie Coles
Charlie Coleswas an American college basketball coach and the former men's basketball head coach at Miami University and Central Michigan University...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth6 February 1942
chance coming game gives guys improve last means national prestige seniors
It means a lot. We are able to get a little national prestige ... It gives our seniors a chance to improve on their last performance, and it gives our guys coming back one more game this year.
meant
That's Muhammad. I see what he meant now, because he always goes.
class last league seasons several success
They've been the class of the league the last several years with those 20-win seasons and the success that they've had.
close hungry looks seniors trying
The thing I'm trying to do is get him to close it out real good. You always want your seniors to want to play and still be hungry, and he looks like he's more hungry now than he's ever been.
excuse liked playing practice tuesday
I would have liked to play Tuesday night; it won't be an excuse. When you're playing well, you want to play more and practice less.
great position ran
They ran a great play and we were out of position and couldn't get the rebound.
bad bench bigger certainly destroyed east guard muhammad option pressure realize takes teams time
I realize Big East teams will be bigger at the guard position, but you can play those two at the same time because Muhammad is like a 2-guard anyway. If you have him and Downey in there, it takes some pressure off Downey. That's not a bad option off the bench - it certainly destroyed us.
bad might puerto south time watching
If you're going to play bad, play bad down in South Carolina, or in one of those tournaments in Puerto Rico or something. For a lot of people, especially those watching on TV, this might be the one time they see us play.
ball defense dropping four help maybe pass post teammate three tough
You could say the post defense isn't doing very well, but maybe his teammate isn't dropping down for a double-team, or maybe the person guarding the ball isn't pressuring the ball. It's tough to pass into the post if you're pressuring the ball. There could be three or four things wrong, and usually are. You need to be accountable and help each other be accountable.
balanced gave nice time
Any time you get 18 assists, you're going to get balanced scoring. That gave us some nice baskets. Hopefully, it will give us some confidence.
true
I told them one thing before the game: That I wanted them to play better than they did Thursday, and true to form, they did.
andy difference energy fine great keeping muhammad strategy tried white
They tried White on Hatcher, and that would have been fine if it was just about keeping Hatcher from scoring. What Muhammad did, he made him use all the energy in the world and now you have Downey off the ball. I thought that was a big difference in the game, great strategy by Andy Kennedy.
allow easy high presents shoots
Leon Williams, in the middle, presents a problem. He can score, and he shoots a high percentage. We can't allow him to have a 20-point ballgame. We can't give him easy shots.
average ball game shoot turn win
They shoot well and don't turn the ball over, and that's why they can get out-rebounded by an average of 5.8 a game and still win 20 games.