Jamie Dixon
Jamie Dixon
James Patrick Dixon IIis an American basketball coach and the current head coach of the TCU Horned Frogs men's basketball team. He previously served as the head coach of the University of Pittsburgh men's basketball team from 2003 through 2016...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth10 November 1965
CityBurbank, CA
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We want our people to improve. We want them to get better. This is the most important award for us.
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We've been able to celebrate Big East championships and NCAA Tournament appearances while playing in the sold out Petersen Events Center. That success on the court has been mirrored by tremendous academic achievement. Pitt basketball has a very bright future and we are working to build on our recent success.
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We've always thought he was a very good player and always believed in him. He just happened to play on some very good teams behind some very good players. Last year, he developed and got better. He played in a lot of big games against a lot of good people.
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We're going to play our same style. We're going to play to our strengths. We're not going to change. We're going to defend. We're going to take good shots. We're going to move the ball around. We're going to do the things we've been doing all season.
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We've seen them and we're familiar with them. Having a short turnaround as far as playing them, at least it's good that we're familiar with them.
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We're hearing from so many people who want to do things. We got a call from people who want to have a women's tournament in her name in Madison Square Garden.
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It's not the prettiest shot, but it goes in. He doesn't lack for confidence. He's a good shooter.
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If you remember, Aaron wasn't highly recruited. Look at him now. He's better than a lot of the players recruited ahead of him.
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It's a hand-off play. We dribble it over and hand it off. ... People say we're a football team playing basketball. We've heard it for the past couple of years now. They all say, 'Now we have to get ready to play the Steelers.' We think it's good to be compared to a team that's had so much success.
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They have four seniors that play a lot of minutes. They force turnovers, they push you in transition, they use some traps. It's a typical Cincinnati team that's had some injuries.
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It was perfect execution by two freshmen and a sophomore. Five guys did exactly what we wanted to do.
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It was a wild place. It was really rocking. We had to win that game or we wouldn't have won the conference championship.
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You're not going to shut him down. He's going to get shots. He's going to take shots. He's got range. We've done a good job on a lot of guards this year, keeping them below their averages. You can't let him get going. He's been very dangerous this year.
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At times we didn't handle (the 1-3-1 defense) very well. In the second half, the adjustment was evident.