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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The problem is trying to encapsulate 38 years of your life, of everything that has happened, the ups, the downs, the people involved,
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We need someone to take the pressure off Marcus.
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Well, 1,100 basketball games I've been fortunate to be involved with (and) I've never been quite involved with something like that. It was just an incredible game fought by two teams who gave it everything they possibly have. And I don't know if the teams could have gone another minute. I thought it was an incredible display of what competition is all about.
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That's the price you pay. And that's the price you want to continue to pay. We're not playing better or worse because of any kind of pressure. We're just not playing as well.
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That's the price you pay. And that's the price you want to continue to pay.
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I was never quite involved in something like that.
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In those 11 games, we did all kinds of things. We played and got better during this period. And I don?t know if we ever peaked, per se, nor did I want us to.
In some ways, this place has been my library,
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In my opinion and certainly by the big scoreboard, the way the game was played they were the team that deserved to win.
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I'll tell my guys simply Michigan State and Carolina. I think they will get the message.
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I looked at all their percentages, and the numbers don?t always correlate. But the important number is that they?re winning.
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I'll remember Marcus' smile from the office in the mornings. I'll remember his loyalty; I'll remember how hard he has worked on becoming a terrific basketball player that is, in my opinion capable of stepping into the NBA and starting for someone next year.
I look at all their numbers, all the percentages, and they don't necessarily correlate. But the important numbers, the ones that do correlate, is that they're winning.
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I know what it's like to be A) at another level, and B) overwhelmed with talent. Tonight, it didn't come easy. ... We had to work harder than we have had to work recently. Sometimes scores can be very deceptive.