Jeff Ruland
Jeff Ruland
Jeffrey Alan Rulandis a retired American basketball player and current coach. He is the former head coach of the Iona Gaels men's college basketball team and the UDC Firebirds men's college basketball team...
ball goes good past press reading
I've got to take the blame. I thought we were past that. It's good to feel good about yourself, but when the ball goes up, you've got to compete. You don't get W's from reading the press clippings.
everybody focused greatest happen impressed talk task telling wiped
I've just been telling them it's one of the greatest things that will happen in their lives, this tournament. Everybody comes in with their slates wiped clean. I haven't had to talk too much. They have been very focused. I'm really, really impressed with their maturity, and how they're focused on the task at hand.
behind four guys love saved surprise
I've been with these guys for four years and I love them to death. But every day is a new surprise with these guys. I thought it was all behind us, but they still saved one for the end.
guys mind
Not a lot of 300-pound guys come to mind.
conference heck team wrong year
That's a heck of a team we beat, man. If they do not get into the NIT, then there's something wrong ... there's really something wrong. With the year that this conference has had, that (if) they don't get into the NIT, they should do away with the league, they should do away with the NIT.
facts guy wrote
The guy that wrote it is a nitwit. He should get his facts straight.
babies marbles
All the marbles Sunday, baby. All the marbles.
eventually height size wore
Their height and size eventually just wore us down.
against guys lead looked missed open period says second size team took wore zone
I think this team wore us down with their size, especially in the second half. We had a period when we got some open looked and missed it. That is when they took the lead and never relinquished it. It says a lot about our guys when a team that size has to play zone against us.
good guys intensity rest worked
If we play like this the rest of the way, we'll be in good shape. We had good intensity and were physical. It wasn't easy. The guys worked their butts off.