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...
guys playing realize tournament
We're playing better. When you're in a tournament like this, the more you win, the more guys realize they're playing for something.
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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.
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.
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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.
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I know it's not what people want to hear, because we're not in the NCAA Tournament. But for this program to be in post-season for two years in a row, it's a positive. It bodes well for our program as we're building.
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That's Guillermo's guy. He's got confidence in him. Denis has been a streaky shooter this year, but one thing about him is that he's got a lot of toughness. He believes he can make plays, which can be good and bad. In that particular play, I knew he was going to shoot it. That's just the way Denis plays, he was going to take the shot.
duke needed played stretch
Duke played well down the stretch when they needed to, and J.J. made all the big plays.
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I told the guys after the North Carolina game that this is a big win and I'm happy for you. But we've got to enjoy it today and focus on Clemson. That's the most important game on the schedule because it's the next game on the schedule, and you have to protect your home court.
dream exciting living player
His two years here he was as exciting a player as I've been around. He's living a dream right now.
half lost nine
The end of the first half is where I think we lost the game. We only had nine turnovers, but the turnovers we had were untimely.
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Anthony wouldn't say a word when I first got here.