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...
brings checked coming either elementary friday growing high point remember road rolls school sick teacher
We were coming up High Point Road to get here, and it just brings back memories. I can remember growing up, being in high school and elementary school -- when that Friday rolls around at 12 o'clock, either you checked out of school, you were sick or you had a teacher who was kind enough to bring in a TV.
good question starting
We're getting better. There's no question about that. They're starting to feel good about what they're doing.
crushed knew ownership took
We knew we were getting crushed on the boards. They overwhelmed us on the glass. He took ownership of that.
good guards last league point
The point guards were so good in this league last year. It was incredible.
couple emphasize finished losses worked
We've started well. We really wanted to emphasize how we started ballgames. And we finished well. A couple losses we've had, that's been something we haven't done very good. ... We've really worked on our late-game situations.
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.
carolina played switched
We didn't want Carolina to get into a rhythm. We played a lot of zone, but we played some man. We switched defenses as much as we could.
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.
games good guys shoot win
We're not good enough to win many games when those guys shoot poorly.
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.
assertive low post presence
We need him to be assertive like that and be a low post presence for us to be good.
halfway pleased point understand
We're above.500 (in the ACC) at the halfway point and you have to be pleased with that. But we have to understand that we're a long way from where we want to be.
aggressive ball breaking felt good job
We did do a good job of breaking them down. They're so aggressive on the ball we felt like that was something we could do.
took
When they took the lead, we showed some toughness.