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...
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We will go home to Storrs later this afternoon. I will be upset when I get to my house. Tonight will be painful. Friday will be painful. I will never speak again about anything specifically from the game. I will talk very often about how we all felt after it was over.
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This whole idea of David and Goliath is a real natural thing to root for the underdog. The charm of this tournament is every single night, we're all surprised by the things that happen.
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My greatest concern is ball-handling and getting the ball inside. If we get the ball inside, we'll be successful.
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Maybe it was subtraction by addition. I'm not sure of anything because I'm so stunned by the way my team played.
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No. I don't buy a lot of things they say. And they, if they're smart, don't buy a lot of things I say. It's kind of mutual respect, in a perverse sort of way.
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Now the game has taken me back to Springfield and I am so deeply honored and humbled to be in such a sacred place.
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Neither of the two kids will be in a Connecticut uniform practicing or playing until at least the end of this semester. When they return is up to the school administration.
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Obviously, we are disappointed that Jeff will miss the game at Providence, but the rule as stated in the rule book is very clear. Other players will have to step up and make up for his absence and I have complete confidence that will happen.
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Obviously they're a tournament team. I thought they were a tournament team yesterday.
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Obviously, the team was in very good spirits.
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People will fall in love with Jeff Adrien. All he does is come to work, put the hard hat on, just keep getting balls off the glass. Hopefully, as we move up in caliber and size, he's still able to do that.
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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.
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My fear is being flat (for the start of league play). When we lost to Boston College last year to start the Big East, we couldn't raise ourselves to that level. Having not played that kind of competition recently, I have concerns, but we have to play these two games first.
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We're going backwards. I'm real concerned about that. We've been taking all kinds of time at it, and we're getting worse at it.