Jim Calhoun
Jim Calhoun
James A. Calhoun is the former head coach of the University of Connecticut men's basketball team. His teams won three NCAA national championships, played in four Final Fours, won the 1988 NIT title, and seven Big East tournament championships. With his team's 2011 NCAA title win, the 68-year-old Calhoun became the oldest coach to win a Division I men's basketball title. He won his 800th game in 2009 and finished his career with 873 victories, ranking 12th all-time as of...
equally final history people watching
People were watching to see history being made but history wasn't. Albany was magnificent for 30 minutes. But we were equally magnificent for the final 10 minutes.
deeply game honored humbled sacred taken
The game has taken me back to Springfield and I am so deeply honored and humbled to be in such a sacred place.
civic half kids matched playing pride quite scoreboard second won
I don't want our kids playing the scoreboard because, quite frankly, we won't always be here at the Civic Center. In the second half we matched baskets and we won by five. I don't think we should do that. We should take more pride in what we're doing.
craig flow game guard three
I think Craig will play more. That was just a game where we got into a flow with the big three kids. ... We thought we were going to use more guard play.
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That's what this game is all about, getting ourselves ready for the next three games and then head on into our league games.
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Overall, we just kind of overwhelmed them. When we play offensively like that we're very good. And this was their third game in five days so it made it very difficult for them to stay with us. Our depth is going to wear you out anyway. We didn't play great defense but we ran the court well.
difficult inside power teams
Our inside power is very difficult for most teams to handle. Today, we were able to get inside better than we did on Monday.
bad drops gives guy pass surrounded three throw
I told him I had him for a triple-double: 11, 11 and 11. The statistician, when you throw that bad pass to the guy who's surrounded by three people, gives it (turnover) to the guy who drops it. I don't.
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The two guards are just absolutely playing terrific.. Whitney has really become a force in this league. They're the kind of team that feels good about itself and those kind of teams you cannot give an opening to.
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It seems like there are more overtime games, more tough games and the reason is there are more good teams. Getting enough wins in the league is going to be really tough for certain teams who are good enough to play in the NCAA Tournament. Some teams are going to play really well and lose.
east fan friday games hurt tv watch
I'm a big fan of the Big East but I won't watch the games on TV on Friday and Saturday. It would hurt too much.
heart
The heart of Denham, the will of Denham ...
beat figure hope
Everyone else is going to try and figure out a way to beat us. I just hope we don't find a way to beat us.
basketball fortunate games involved
Of 1,100 basketball games I've been fortunate to be involved with, I've never been involved in anything like that.