Jerry Eaves
Jerry Eaves
Jerry Lee Eavesis an American college basketball coach and head coach and athletic director at Simmons College of Kentucky in Louisville. He is the former head men's basketball coach at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University...
fought guys locker love room
I love the guys in that locker room because they have fought through everything.
enjoy good help knew men struggles
I knew our struggles would help us enjoy the good times. These young men have been through a lot this year, but they didn't make excuses. They just went out and executed, and now we're on a pretty good roll.
proud tough
I'm proud because it could have been a very, very tough season.
team telling time
I really shouldn't be telling you this, but any time a team presses me, it's to my advantage.
coaching fight kids love
I love the way my kids compete. To be short-handed and fight the way they fight, you just have to love coaching this team.
days practice prove sacrifice shape willing
They'll have to practice for about 10 days before I play them. They will need to get in shape and prove they're willing to sacrifice before they get back on the court.
hit situation tough
They hit their shots, and that's not traditionally what they do. It was just a very tough situation for us in the first half.
amount basketball business dollars games pay people program schedule type
Not a lot of people would play the type of schedule we play. These are pay games ? not winnable games. The business of basketball is different for us. We take these games to make x amount of dollars to keep our program running.
against kids starting unselfish
The kids are starting to believe. They were unselfish against the press, which is what we wanted them to do.
good hard includes kids played saw six struggling team tonight
It's hard to get up for a team that only has six players. Their roster includes some good players. They are a lot like us in that they have some kids struggling with grades, but like us they haven't made excuses, and you saw that tonight in the way they played us.
best bit came free game goes guts guys hitting jason mix played team throws wake
My team played their guts out. It all goes back to hitting shots. We got some big free throws from Jason Wills. Leslie Powell played the best game of his career. ... The guys just came up big tonight. We had to mix things up a little bit just to wake some guys and it worked. Everyone contributed.
against defense field goal limits minutes people problem score scoring
Going 8, 9, 10 minutes without scoring a field goal is not our problem. The problem is Howard was able to score against us. Usually our defense limits people from scoring.
ball effort excellent job shoot
They are an excellent team. They play a lot of zone. We are going to have to shoot the ball better, but I think our effort will be better and I think we will be able to get the job done.