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.
ball came further morris season shoot struggles time
Randolph Morris has to be more and more comfortable every time he plays. The further into the season he gets, I think he'll be better and better. The other thing is that I think a lot of Kentucky's struggles came because they did not shoot the ball the way they were capable.
ball defense growing improved scoring shooting vocal
Not only is (Day) shooting the ball well and scoring well, his defense has improved and he is more vocal and more confident. I think he is not only growing as a player, he is growing as a person.
left week
It doesn't look like it, but I think I've got one more week left in me. What a week that was, no question.
hard knew matter opening past practiced ready start starting today
Renaldo knew going into today that he wasn't going to start but when the opening came, he was ready. He was ready because he practiced hard the past two days. Starting or not starting doesn't matter to Renaldo. He was ready regardless.
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.
efforts finished finishing games great
We've had great efforts that has not been a problem. Finishing games has been. We finished tonight.
basketball beat certainly crowd fine front good highly led student supportive team tonight
Tonight it was particularly good that we beat a really, really fine basketball team... and we did it in front of a highly supportive crowd led by our student body. I mean, they were terrific. I think our team certainly responded to that.
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.