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
comfort reached together
He's reached that comfort zone. It's just all come together for him now.
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.
phenomenal score
He's had two back-to-back phenomenal games, to score like that and with no turnovers. I thought he was great.
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.
both conference move nights sides tight
With this conference as tight as it is, there are going to be nights when you've got to get lucky. I've been on both sides of it. We'll take it and move on.
What a gutsy performance. I can't say enough about how they battled.
game guys manage rest win
We wanted to win the game but wanted to manage the game as well. Certainly, when we were up 20, I wanted some of our guys to rest their legs. We had to manage the game.