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...
game thinking
And the Elvin Hayes-Jabbar game at the Astrodome, that was something I was thinking about for days.
kid kindness outspoken sacrifices talked team trust unless willing
He was very outspoken and talked about the kind of sacrifices he was willing to make for the team to win. You can't get a kid to do that unless it comes from the heart. And trust me it does.
league
I've been in the league 20 years, and this is the most competitive that it has ever been.
asked bed college early kids last players sleep talked time today
It?s a time we have to play. I don?t think for college kids it makes any difference. I talked to players today and asked them, ?How?d you sleep last night?? They said they went to bed early ? they were in bed by 1:15 a.m.
banner chance fight god national second thank year
Thank god we have him. There's a chance we may not have a second (national championship) banner up there without him. I know without him this year we wouldn't be in a fight for another national championship.
basketball gave good period points short tough
They're a good basketball team. They're going to be very tough out in their league. We gave up 24 points in a very short period of time.
respect team won
Any team that's won 20 games, we're going to have respect for.
allowed ball game took trapped
They doubled us, trapped up, took us out of our offense. They were allowed to be physical. The way this game was called and played, they were able to keep the ball out of the paint.
becomes couple finding leaders resolve team tough
Am I finding a team with more resolve and more focus? Yeah. No question. You don't need 100 tough guys. You don't need 100 warriors. You need a couple leaders that can get you that. It becomes contagious.
appear good stepped team
This is our team and it's a pretty good one. When Rudy didn't play well, Denham stepped up. There were other guys, too. We appear to be a pretty good team with a lot of answers.
asked beat coming game good indication looked minutes writers
A lot of beat writers asked the question, 'Do you think you looked by this game with the Villanova game coming up?'. We didn't. We didn't look by it. The first 25 minutes was a pretty good indication of that.
guy
This is the guy we had in Maui.
against cincinnati facing good looked obviously syracuse wore
Facing Syracuse up here is obviously a task. They looked very good against Cincinnati. They wore Cincinnati down.
class took
He took the blunt. And he took it with class and dignity.