Ernie Kent
Ernie Kent
Ernest "Ernie" Kent is an American college basketball coach. He is the head men's basketball coach at Washington State University. He is the former head men's basketball coach at the University of Oregon and at Saint Mary's College of California. Kent was previously an assistant at Stanford University and also coached abroad in Saudi Arabia. Kent was a college basketball commentator with the Pac-12 Network...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth22 January 1955
came incredible nobody point
Nobody will think about it at all. But from where it came from to get to this point is just incredible to me.
both expect help kids until
I would expect both of those kids to help us. To what extent, I won't know until we get them here.
glue guy missed quite
Quite frankly, we really missed him. We missed his energy, his toughness, his defense, his hustle. He's a glue guy for us.
beat bennett college guy improved last move program tremendous winner
There's a big part of me that didn't want to be the guy to beat Dick Bennett in his last game. There's part of me that wanted him to go out a winner that he is. He's a tremendous man. He's done so much for college basketball, and every program he's been in, he's improved the program. However, it was important for us to get the win and move forward.
move
This is the right move for him, and that's why I give him my blessing.
battle good ready
That's going to be a good battle for us, and we'll be ready to go.
great hands job playing running terrific
We put it in Aaron's hands down the stretch. He was playing great and playing in control. He did a terrific job running the team.
comfort reached together
He's reached that comfort zone. It's just all come together for him now.
basketball certainly needed team
If ever a team needed a win, it was certainly this basketball team.
running seem settled style
If I had my way, this would be a running program. For right now, for this team, we seem to have settled into a style of play that's working for us.
continue meet talk
I told them to continue to meet and talk as much as they like if they play like that.
five four gives help
It's day to day. If he's able to play, we'll use him in spurts of four or five minutes. ... Any help he gives us is a plus.
athletes basketball bridge certainly college definitely inspired opened recruiting
It certainly inspired African-Americans in college basketball and everything else. I don't want to say it opened up the door, but it certainly was a bridge to recruiting athletes of color. It definitely revolutionized the game.
entire face looks quite remember takes time
If you look at his face and his demeanor, he looks 24 or 25. Then you remember he is only 18. There will be a time when he takes over an entire game, but he is not quite there yet.