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...
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.
advantage heart measure took
They don't measure heart by inches, they don't measure courage. They took advantage of what they have better than we took advantage of what we have.
basketball heart instinct measure
They don't measure heart by inches, they don't measure courage, they don't measure basketball instinct and intelligence.
great job
They didn't play scared. He wanted them to attack, intelligently, and they did a great job of that.
came finish fourth game games last league means playing somebody surprise three tough tournament
We did it, but it's tough to get all the way through. It won't surprise me to see somebody playing a fourth game in four days, the league is like that this year. This was the most games that came down to last three minutes, at least our most in 10 years and yet we were 27-2, which means we were there to finish the deal. But in a one-game tournament anything can happen.
control easy eventually fighting kentucky kept routes
There are no easy routes in this tournament. I thought we could eventually take control of this game, but Kentucky kept fighting back.
final great knock loaded road team
The only place down the road I want to see them is in Indianapolis at the Final Four. They come loaded and knock you down. That is a great team with heart.
anybody difficult increased league quality taken teams truly
We've taken the quality of teams and just increased them in quantity. I don't think anybody truly understands how difficult this league will be day in and day out.
great kids normally voting
When I did my voting, it was very difficult. Normally I can get a better feel. But there were so many kids that had so many great seasons.
england face fortunate people walk walking
When I walk down with Cousy I'm walking in as the face of New England as the face of so many people who weren't fortunate enough to get into what I got into.
league seems wars
We're a new league, a league of 16. But this seems like the old wars of the '80s and '90s.
game instead next practice preparing proves time wait
This proves that you can't just show up in postseason play, because instead of going to practice and preparing for a game tomorrow, we have to wait a week. Next time we lose, we're going home.
seen stayed watch
We have not seen each other as a group, I didn't watch any of the games. I just kind of stayed away, did things with my wife, shopping.
couple defense past played weeks
We haven't played defense really well the past couple of weeks and that was just highlighted there.