Dave Leitao
Dave Leitao
Dave Leitaois an American men's basketball coach who is currently the head coach at DePaul University, his second tenure with the school after leading the Blue Demons from 2002–2005. He has previously been the head coach of the Maine Red Claws of the NBA Development League, the University of Virginia and Northeastern University. He was named the 2006–07 Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year by the Associated Press, but finished at 10th and 11th place in the conference during...
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There are key moments in the first four of five minutes of a game where you can tell a little about the tone of the game. They got a couple loose balls and a couple of offensive rebounds, and we were a step slow. Anytime a team gets into foul trouble is usually an indicator that a team is a step slow.
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There were some key moments in the first four or five minutes when they got to a couple of loose balls or got some offensive rebounds when you could see we were a step slow.
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I think what he is doing this season, I think all of us, players, coaches and media in particular, should really savor. Because he's having not only a career, but particularly this season, for the ages.
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We've got to do a better job of getting those guys a couple of looks during the game down low. Hopefully they'll learn from the experience.
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We're trying to just continue to build off the last two games. It's equally challenging to bring a team back from a victory, an important victory, as it is from a defeat. We need to continue to challenge our guys to remain focused and understand the job at hand.
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We didn't box out. I don't remember seeing somebody saying, 'That was a heck of a box out.' We didn't go after it. We were the less aggressive team on the backboards today.
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What he is doing this season, I think all of us - players, coaches and media - should really savor. He's having a season for the ages. ... We all need to sit back and admire it because it won't happen for a long time after this.
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For the third game in a row I thought we played with some mental focus and toughness. There were certain spots in the game when the ebb and flow could have gone one way or another, and we responded well. For example, in the second half we rebounded much better than we did earlier on.
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He's having not only a career, but particularly this season, a year for the ages. I've watched it, I've studied it on film and now I've seen it in person.
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He's having a career, particularly this season, for the ages. I've watched it, I studied it on film, and now I saw it in person. ... He really knows this game of basketball.
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He's got some intestinal fortitude, which I don't know if I've ever seen before. Almost as if he has the mentality of a boxer or a football player.
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He is being evaluated. He fell on his head and hit it pretty good.
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Because we're not whole as a group, sometimes we have to be a little bit like a chameleon and change on the fly.