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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It's a tremendous sense of accomplishment and an amazing feeling to win. This field was one of the best ever and there isn't anyone here who didn't get their money's worth.
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It's a tough road for anybody. That's just the nature of the schedule. Everybody's doing it.
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It's a tribute to the hard work the kids put in because they played in the best league in the country. I think our kids should be honored. We have an awful lot of good players in this league. I couldn't be prouder of our kids.
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It's a bear. Three games in a row that will all be tough for different reasons. I just hope we're ready to go and we get through that.
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It was the most offensive thinking that he had. His baskets down the stretch for us were very, very big.
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It was their spread and ability to shoot 3s and our power on the inside. I think we eventually got the power inside and the balance of transition and hitting open shots. But they would not quit.
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It's one of the few games where you're going to have legitimate guys who can both put 20 on the board, double-figure rebound, both affect the other team's offense by being a defensive presence inside. Either one of these guys can really alter the game.
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It's one loss. It's nothing more, nothing less. It's not going to stop us from getting ready for West Virginia.
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It's the first time he's done that in his entire career. It's the first time he's been able to maintain that. He played exceptionally well, I was really happy for him.
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It's always good to be No. 1 in anything but it's not great at this time of year. I want it at the beginning of April, but I'll take it now. Being No. 1 isn't a goal of ours like the Big East championship or the national championship, but we feel we're one of the better programs in the country for the last 15 years and being No. 1 is another notch for us as a total program.
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It's an important time because no one wants anyone else to get off to a 7-0 start. The league is off to a good start.
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It's an important game for them and for us it's an important game, too. You've got to make sure you take care of the home court and stay aggressive.
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It's going to be nice playing an away game, too. I'm looking forward to that.
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It's going to be nice playing an away game. I'm looking forward to that. I think that part of the system is really working out to protect the ones.