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...
addition ball shooting trying year
(His) play is on the rise. He's doing things now -- in addition to shooting the ball -- that we've been trying to get him to do for a year and a half.
believed carolina coach demanding deserve fans good mixed national powers program schedule
Every coach makes a schedule that they think is right for their team. I've always believed that the fans deserve a good schedule, and I think to be the kind of program that Carolina fans want, we've got to play a demanding schedule with some national powers mixed in.
floor game played seen
I don't know that I've seen him play a better floor game than he played tonight.
time win
It was a much-needed win for us. What this win does for us, only time will tell. It couldn't come at a better time for us and it couldn't come at a better place.
college guess low michigan points score stop style styles wants whether
I think we know how Michigan wants to play style-wise, but can we stop them - I don't know. In college basketball, it is always about style and how styles contrast. My guess is that it is going to be low scoring. We are not going to give up a lot of points. Whether we score enough points to win, I don't know.
argue country might needed team win
Some might say there was a team in the country that needed a win like this more than we did. I would argue 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.
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.