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...
break good happier life next point season work
I feel good about doing it. It didn't work out for me, but I think it was the right thing to do. I would be much happier if things break for (Tony) next season than if they had for me this season. I'm at that point in my life now.
certainly ease good jim mind mine puts
It was good that Jim put this in writing. It puts Tony's mind at ease and certainly mine as well.
basketball good love playing seeing team
I love good basketball and I haven't been seeing it in my team. If I am to end it this year, I just want my team to go out playing good ball.
arizona bit few good lose lost rest schedule tough toughest
Arizona has lost some good people, and they play a tough schedule ? probably the toughest in the (conference). They have to dip. With the rest of the (conference) being a bit better, it's understandable to lose a few more games.
pleasure serve
It has been my pleasure to serve WSU in these years.
careful full next strength
I'm anticipating we'll have him at full strength next week. We're going to try and be very careful with this one.
furnace gold man silver test
You test gold in a furnace and silver with a crucible, but you test man with praise.
rock
I think Batista's the rock on that team.
alternate change means panic regarding rely trying winning
I'm trying not to panic or change everything around regarding that, but I'm trying to find some alternate means of scoring. We can't rely on winning with the three.
aside emotions fact kids maybe owned
I don't know what that is aside from the emotions of the game. Maybe the fact that they have pretty much owned us over the years. I'm not sure. I do know . . . that they've got a lot of young kids out there.
existence
That's been the story of our existence here. Almost, but not quite.
arrogance empties face false gut learned pride punch realize rebuilding truly
Sometimes you have to be empty. That is one thing I have truly learned in all the rebuilding projects. At some point, you have got to take a punch to the gut that just empties all the arrogance or pride or false hopes, and then you realize we better face up to who we are.
circus defense shots talked took
At halftime, we talked about 'Let's just show some semblance of a half-court defense and some offense. We took a lot of circus shots in the first half.
bottom line picture time viewed
The big picture is what has to be viewed in this process. There comes a time when the bottom line is all that matters. But that time has not come yet.