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...
passed schedule
We did what we could with the schedule put before us. We passed every test.
anybody changes couple east plays starting
We don't have anybody on our team, through our first Big East game, that plays like an all-star. I'll probably have to make some changes in the starting lineup because there's a couple players, some big names, who aren't doing very much.
bad possible
We made every possible bad play that we could, and that has a lot to do with Washington.
fix focused full games minutes mistakes seem stay
We have to be a much more focused team. We need to stay connected. We seem to fix our mistakes as games go on. But a full 40 minutes of focus is what we're going to need.
basketball humility winning
...Basketball doesn't care what color your skin is. It doesn't care what language you speak or what religion you practice. It doesn't care if you're big or small, fast or slow. It just asks you to play, to complete, to lose with dignity, to win humility.
facts
Get some facts and come back and see me!
advice shut-up best-advice
My best advice to you — shut up.
basketball block player
We stop practice every time we see one of our players not blocking out.
team blessed kids
Sometimes you're blessed with teams that are incredibly talented, but there's chaos. But sometimes you're blessed, as I have been this year, to have kids who think the same way you do.
team flaws flawed
Every team is flawed. There hasn't been a truly complete team in a while.
ball coaching great pass player plays pull roy seems tough watch
When you watch Roy play, you're watching, really, from a coaching standpoint, everything you want a player to be. He can pull up and make mid-range shots. He can pass the ball. He can rebound. He plays with great composure. He seems to want the ball in tough situations.
absolutely blocking create defense executing flawed playing shots situation
When we're executing and blocking shots and playing defense and you don't get us in a situation where we have to create plays, we're absolutely terrific. But we're a flawed team.
create guard guy others players three wings
We aren't overrated, we are misconstrued. We've got three big players and two wings but only one guard (Williams). We have to be able to create for others and we only have one guy that can do it.
believes daily josh less progress
The person who believes less in Josh is Josh. It's a daily progress with him to get him to believe.