Frank Haith
Frank Haith
Frank James Haith, Jr.is the men's basketball head coach for the Tulsa Golden Hurricane. Haith had previously been the head coach at the University of Miami and the University of Missouri...
period short work
Like anything you do, it'll work for a short period of time. But he's so intelligent that he's going to keep working.
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As you can see, it didn't help because he still got 30 points. He finds ways. He is smart. It is like anything you do, it will work for a short period of time.
guys leadership respect role taken vocal
Having vocal leadership is important to this team. He's taken that role on, and the guys respect what he says. To me when you don't have him on the court, that's what you're lacking.
final five tougher
They were just tougher than us in the final five minutes, and that's something we have to fix.
biggest good guard kids late played poise starting
Our kids have just had some poise and played with some savvy. If you've got good guards, you've got a chance, and our guard play has been really good and of late it's been excellent. ... The biggest thing is we're just starting to play with a lot of savvy.
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I thought our guys held excellent poise down the stretch. We played with a tremendous amount of composure. We knew Carolina was going to make some runs, particularly there in the second half. I'm just so proud of how our kids handled that.
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They've got their signature win. If they get nine league wins, regardless of what they do in the ACC Tournament, I think they are in. That's what their motivational factor is.
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My thing with Duke is they are a high percentage team, so I'm real pleased with the fact that we held them to 41 percent shooting. But J.J. is a great player and when the game is on the line your players have to make plays. He knew he was going to try to make a play and he did.
due last lose pressure shooting
I don't know if he's shooting as well as he did last year, but he's due to have one of those games. We can't lose him because he's going to put a lot of pressure on us.
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He's on a roll. He's a tremendous concern of ours. His play has definitely bumped up in the last couple of games, and we've got to do a great job on him. ... You have to be conscious of where he's at on the floor at all times because he's got tremendous anticipation.
carolina guys halftime remain run stay
I told our guys at halftime that Carolina was going to make a run and that we had to stay together, remain focused.
contested shot sure
He had shots. But they were making sure every shot was a contested shot.
avoided ball drove jumping knows last past senior wants
He drove the ball in the past but he avoided the contact. Now, he's jumping through the contact. He's confident. He's a senior that wants to win, that knows this is his last go-around and he's going at it with a lot of passion.
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Obviously, this was very special for me, growing up in North Carolina, growing up on ACC basketball and being an assistant in this league at Wake Forest.