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...
ourselves
We shrunk ourselves down to make ourselves better.
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We turned the ball over 26 times yet I think our heart was shown on enough occasions. When you're down 10 points or down seven points with something to go, you need to call upon the reserves. There's something inside you that won't let you lose.
ahead came character game run speaks standing took
We got out ahead and they just took over the game as we started standing around. But we came back with that run which really speaks to the character of this team.
wrong
You find you think more about what can go wrong when you're the hunted. When you're the hunter, you think about all the things that can go right.
kinds today
We're the attacker. Quinnipiac was today and I give them all kinds of credit.
brilliant within
We've been brilliant and inconsistent, all within the same season.
great night
We went to see 'Glory Road' the other night and it was a great film.
blown motions thinking
We went through the motions like we're thinking we're big time. We could have been blown out of the building.
advantage against although beat both forced opportunity plays teams took williams
Both against Albany and tonight, although in different ways, these teams forced Marcus Williams to make plays to beat them. And Marcus took advantage of the opportunity both times. He was magnificent.
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Both of our NCAA Championships (1999, 2004) came in years where we won the Big East Tournament. Time will tell if that's an automatic correlation. There are no good losses. No moral victories. But I do know this team is one to be reckoned with at the NCAA tourney.
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Both offensively and defensively, Craig is a big reason we're 11-0. So Craig will start Tuesday (in the Big East opener) at Marquette. He deserves that right. His defense up top on the ball sets up the rest of our defense. He's been a godsend.
players three top
Brandon Roy, in my opinion, is one of the top two or three players in the country.
jim
Between Hubie (Brown) and Jim (Boeheim), they told me I had 12 seconds,
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Bobby Jones looks to me like a guy who can make a living in the NBA just playing defense. He's an absolutely magical player defensively.