Dan Monson
Dan Monson
Daniel Lloyd Monsonis an American college basketball coach, the head coach at Long Beach State since April 2007. Previously he was head coach at Minnesota for over seven seasonsreaching postseason play five times. Before coaching the Gophers, he was the head coach at Gonzaga for two seasons, the last of which leading the Zags on an improbable run to the Elite Eight...
character games team
I think you get in these games and you really see who your team is and what their character is.
desire focus line
I thought our seniors' focus and desire was excellent. They put it on the line today, but it just wasn't enough.
attitude felt good great news team today together
I felt this team was very together today and had a great attitude and approach. I told them the good news is we're only down 10.
brought build create hoping last month paths travel year
They've had different paths to travel and it's been a little different; every year is different. But as they try to create a legacy, I'm hoping that they can build off of this last month of what they've brought to this program.
stayed
They really stayed together, which you have to do on the road.
environment
This is an environment where you have to come in and be focused.
believed credit game guys plan
I think it was a real credit to our guys that they believed in the game plan and how they had to play to win.
good happen waiting
You're waiting for something good to happen to get going, but it's a catch-22. You've got to do something to get yourself going.
against confidence quality road team took win
When you have as many opportunities to win on the road against a quality team as we did and don't come out with it, that took its toll. Physically, but more importantly, emotionally. We have to get our confidence back.
challenged change earlier needed
We couldn't play them the same way we did the first two times. It just wouldn't work. We needed something to change that, and we challenged Vince earlier in the week.
playing team
We're a different team when he's playing like that.
believing came minnesota ourselves row success team winning won
We scheduled success in 2004-05. We came out of that believing in ourselves after winning 10 in a row in the non-conference. Any Minnesota team should have won those 10 games, but it didn't come easily.
confident good physical playing white
We're not playing good enough, and we're not confident enough right now. Purdue was tougher. We would get one shot, and Purdue got the rebound. Kiefer, White and Ware were more physical than our guys.
prove
We think we're better, but we have to go out and prove it here.