Dave Odom
Dave Odom
George David "Dave" Odomis a retired American men's college basketball coach, who most recently coached at the University of South Carolina. He had previously held the same position at East Carolina University and Wake Forest University, and was an assistant coach at the University of Virginia...
chest class coaching great job received trying warmth
He's really persevered, done a great coaching job with great class and great dignity. You could see the warmth he received, he received it with great humility. No chest bumping or all of that. I'm not trying to get in their business, I just know about him as a person and him as a coach.
means
It means a lot to our team, our university, our state.
school
This is a big thing for our team, school and our state.
doubt far guarded museum shot sparks
Sparks shot that one from the museum some place. Even if we were man-to-man, I doubt we would have guarded him that far out.
affect bigger lesson positive
The bigger lesson is you affect the things that are still possible. And you do it in a positive way.
guys seeing
I've been seeing it coming. In the back of my mind, we're doing the right thing by getting the big guys ready.
coaches league players quickly rather southeast strong surprise
There is no league that can refurbish its rosters as quickly as this league, and I think the coaches have done that once again. The Southeast is as talent-laden as there is in the country. Coaches can go out and get (good) players rather quickly so it doesn't surprise me that our league is strong this year.
bench difference guy lurks trouble
We're really right where we were at most of the year. The difference being, when trouble comes, and it will, we don't have a bench to go to if the trouble lurks in the post. We don't have a big guy to go to.
games proud themselves three total turned wins
Three games going now we've turned it over a total of 22 times. As much as anything other than the wins themselves I'm very proud of that.
catching great guys win
We're probably not catching them at a great time, but our guys want to win too.
excited opportunity special
We make no apologies about being here. We look at it as a special opportunity and we're excited about it.
played stood
We stood up to the challenge. We played very well. We did not play well enough to win.
awful deal greatest late means team university
To get back here and play in the world's greatest arena, this late in the season, for a university and a team who have a great deal of pride, it means an awful lot.
chance needed team win
We needed a shakeup; we needed a change; we needed a different slant. I thought our team had a chance to win the game. I really did.