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...
brilliant within
We've been brilliant and inconsistent, all within the same season.
kinds today
We're the attacker. Quinnipiac was today and I give them all kinds of credit.
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Will it hurt us? Sure. I think Jeff has been a factor in every game he has played. So it will hurt us, but hopefully the depth we have will come into play.
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Will it hurt us? Sure. Jeff has been a factor in every game he's played in. Hopefully the depth that we have will come into play in this game.
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We know they have a very good defensive team. We know they hung tough against Villanova. We're looking forward to going down there and not having a letdown. We have much bigger fish to fry.
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We know they run. We know they have three or four good players. Within the next hour or so, I think I'll know them a lot better.
drifted
You kind of drifted on me. When am I going to get you back?
attack games moderate past six success
We just didn't have any idea who each other was or how to attack this zone. In the past two years we've had six games with Syracuse. And we've had moderate success in that time.
daring execution says team trying
We have weaknesses; we know that. So we have to become an execution team, particularly on a team that comes up and ball-pressures us, a team that says 'beat me off the dribble.' And you can, but they're daring you and trying to take you out of your offense.
full played
We've played in spurts, not always a full 40 minutes.
almost early films punches review reviews saw technical
We will review the film. The films we have right now are inconclusive. The early reviews show a little different thing than what was indicated. I thought there was a flagrant technical on our kid, yet I almost got one of the punches in the face. ... I saw two of the punches being thrown.
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We played them twice this year and on both of those occasions we were able to physically dominate them inside. We did a tremendous job last Saturday, won by 18 points and dominated them again. They turned the tide on us tonight. They physically dominated us in every aspect of the game.
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Well, to state the obvious, we're happy to be here today. We survived an incredible basketball game between two incredibly competitive teams. I think that game could go up as Exhibition A of what this tournament has been.
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Well, to state the obvious, we're happy to be here. We survived an incredible basketball game.