Dick Bennett
Dick Bennett
Richard A. "Dick" Bennettis an American college basketball coach who is best known for building the Wisconsin-Green Bay Phoenix men's basketball program into a mid-major power and revitalizing the Wisconsin Badgers basketball program. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he is the father of current Virginia Cavaliers head coach Tony Bennett and current Northern Illinois women's basketball head coach Kathi Bennett...
arizona basketball beaten earned game last meant played slowly state team toughness worst
We earned last place. The team slowly eroded, and we played our worst basketball at the end of the season. The game meant something to Arizona State. They wanted it, and we didn't. We don't have the toughness to play 40 minutes, and Arizona State could have beaten us by 40.
awful dominated game group night picked players superior vastly
This is a game where we were just dominated by a vastly superior group of players and coaches. We picked an awful night to not even be able to find the basket.
clearly close earned games needed throw unable
I clearly think we've earned that. Take all the close games you want and throw them out the window. When we needed to perform, we were unable to.
basically comeback cut dominated game heart minutes players superior team took vastly won
They won the game in the first 10 minutes and there was nothing that we could do to cut into that margin. They basically took our heart early, and we're not a team that has a lot of comeback potential. This is a game that we were just dominated by vastly superior players and a coach.
rock
I think Batista's the rock on that team.
ball cost inability rebound
I think it's the inability to rebound the ball that really cost us the game.
agreed effort last major running start talked trying turn wins
We've made it clear, actually agreed as a group, that we would like to make a major effort to turn things around this time. We talked about trying to get a running start last week. We're not going talk about wins and losses.
handle inside people simply stanford unable
Stanford used their inside people well. The big kid, we were simply unable to handle him.
aggressive assistant bulldog carried coach coaching college denver division fit great heck integral landed matt middle players recruiting ties turned west
Matt is a great fit for our staff. He is a young aggressive assistant coach who has been at two Division I universities that have turned around with his recruiting and coaching abilities. He was an integral part of the players landed at Denver and Middle Tennessee. He was a heck of a player in college who was a bulldog and he carried that into his coaching career. He has recruiting ties in the Northwest, West and Midwest.
happy
I was happy we battled and showed a little grit.
earn execution half second timing
UCLA's execution in the first half was a thing of beauty. Their screens, their cuts, their timing was perfect. In the second half, we made them earn it.
compare depth gore great happen numbers plays seeing support
We are seeing in the numbers he is ahead, but the depth of his support is not as great as it could be, so I think what is going to happen is, they're going to take a look at him and compare him to Gore and see where it all plays out.
compete felt
We felt like we should be able to compete with them.
basketball team coaching
What does this program/team need this week?