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...
chance everybody final itself ncaa reckoned team
This team is to be reckoned with in the NCAA tournament. This team has a chance to get itself to Indianapolis (site of the Final Four) and, just like everybody else, has a chance to go home.
might root weekend
This weekend might be like a root canal.
canal hall might order playing root weekend
This weekend might be like root canal in the sense the way Seton Hall is playing right now. That's the first order of business.
missed played sure
The other night, if we had played him 28, 29 minutes, he would have had over 40 points. And I'm not sure he would have missed a 3.
anytime ball foolish inside
We?d be foolish not to get the ball inside anytime we can.
hard league teams
This was an advertisement for how hard the teams in this league play.
game hard increasing knew league teams toughness
This was an advertisement for how hard the teams in this league play. Increasing our toughness was one thing I thought we had to do. We knew we could score, but we had to show we could come up with that kind of game like we had other times this season.
hang
Who can persevere, who can hang in there? The story of the year.
ncaa tough
will be a very tough out in the NCAA tournament.
finally minutes
With about 10 minutes to go we finally started to play basketball,
fine good line teams worried
When teams feel good about themselves, you can tell. I get worried when we sometimes feel too good about ourselves. It's a fine line to walk.
career game knew moment nice share special tied
When that game ended, I knew I had tied Don Haskins in career wins. That was a special moment for me that I didn't share with people, but it was nice to know I tied him.
allowed broke plays
We just broke down and allowed some plays that shouldn't have happened.
brilliant within
We've been brilliant and inconsistent, all within the same season.