Herb Sendek
Herb Sendek
Herbert Joseph Sendekis an American college basketball coach and the current men's basketball coach at Santa Clara...
feeling help knowing tournament whether
We went to D.C. not knowing whether we were in the (NCAA) Tournament or not. We went to the tournament feeling we'd better do something to help ourselves.
allowed great line poise
We went to the line with great poise and composure, and it allowed us to keep scoring.
ball basket cutting instead kept performing toward
We didn't have crisp ball movement, weren't penetrating well, and we were cutting away from the basket instead of toward the basket. Those kind of things really kept us from performing well.
hit shots
We just never got a run, never hit back-to-back shots to give us anything so that we could get back in the door.
ready talked
We talked about being on our game. If you're not ready to play, you'll go down.
constitution heart road shows tremendous
To be on the road and do that shows tremendous constitution and heart by our team.
far
We were just too far down to get off the mat.
far foot hit seemingly shots
We were just too far down to get off the mat. We just never got on a run. We never seemingly hit back-to-back shots or did anything that kind of got us where we could get one foot back in the door.
brilliant connect dots hard help invaluable julius last meant overcome practice seen talking team terms wonder year
When you think of Tony, you think back to all that he's had to overcome in terms of injuries. What he's meant our team this year has really hard to calculate; he's been invaluable to us. Only now that we've seen how brilliant he has been you can't help but wonder what he could have meant to our team last year. In retrospect, we can now connect the dots and see what Julius was talking about when he could only practice with us that year.
equally guard guards inside special stopping trio
With their inside prowess, it makes it more challenging to guard them. What makes them so special is their balanced. Stopping that trio of guards is equally challenging.
challenge
We have had this kind of challenge here before.
basketball both fortunate games neither played recover team teams trying winning
We're just trying to recover from a hard-fought double-overtime game. It was one of those games really neither team lost. Both teams played winning basketball and we were fortunate to come away with a win.
good less march short time turn turnaround
We're going to have a short turnaround and less time to prepare. We have to turn that into a positive. Hopefully, it will be good preparation for March when we are in the tournament.
bring campus degree increase recruit value
We bring every recruit here to let them know how this campus will increase the value of their degree exponentially.