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...
basketball best college great kids phenomenal played player
I thought our kids competed and we played very hard. J.J. is a phenomenal player. He wasn't just great tonight, he has been great all year. I think he is the best player in college basketball and he showed it tonight.
amount carolina excellent guys handled held kids knew played poise proud second tremendous
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.
basketball guys physically played soft team tougher virginia
I thought we were a soft basketball team tonight. Virginia was physically tougher than we were. When we had guys take the ball out of our hands, well, that's toughness. And that No. 11 kid, he played hard.
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.
great job played
Guillermo's had two great performances back to back. He played really under control. We did a great job of getting him the ball.
cameron dean hostile indoor maryland places played tough
But we've played in some tough places this season. We've been to the Dean Dome, Cameron Indoor Stadium, Maryland and Michigan. It's not like we don't know what it's like to play in a hostile environment.
good north played road rough
We had a rough start. ... but we played a really good schedule. Going into North Carolina, we had been on the road a lot. That helped.
duke needed played stretch
Duke played well down the stretch when they needed to, and J.J. made all the big plays.
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.
couple duke effort fault given needed played plays proud stretch
I was proud of our team's effort. There were a couple of plays that I thought we botched there at the end that could've given us a better chance. But, I can't fault our guys' effort and how they competed. Duke played well down the stretch when they needed to and J.J. made all of the big plays.
ball found great night played shoot
We played great defense. It was a night where we didn't particularly shoot the ball well from deep, and we found a way to win.
focus good half lost played players second shots
In the first half we played well defensively and that was the key. I thought, in the second half, we lost focus a little defensively. In the second half, they got some uncontested shots. They're good players and they're going to make uncontested shots if you give them to them.
ball beat best effort game heck herb high league played playing second shot state team
I didn't think we played that poorly, I just think State played really well. They shot the ball tremendously that day and they were playing at a high level. I told Herb after the game that he had a heck of a team. I think they are the second best team in the league right now. It will take a yeoman's effort for us to beat them.
came defense good played second
They came out on fire. We played real good defense in the second part of the first half.