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...
beat pittsburgh
For us to go any place, we have to beat Pittsburgh. And for Pittsburgh to go, they have to kind of go by us.
ball looked shot
I don?t think he even had the ball when he shot it. I don?t think he even looked at the basket.
best good guess guy judgment kids lost three
If he's not one of the best two or three kids in the country, then I guess I've lost my judgment about how good a guy can be.
believe hung truly win
I truly believe we win that game, particularly after the lay-up. There's no question, because it hung on the rim.
ball game good impressed ran shared team
I'm not that impressed by my team very much, but we were very good tonight. I can't think of a game where we shared the ball so well and ran so well.
both fight rock teams
It was a rock fight and both teams got involved.
ball drove
He was just magnificent. He put the ball on the deck, drove from 22 or 23 (feet), made threes. He really was a handful.
chance good seen talk
We'll talk about that. You've seen it. And there's a pretty good chance you won't see it again.
coming exactly tournament treat weekend
We're not exactly coming off a disaster, we are 27-3. We have to treat this like a weekend tournament because it is for us.
came cast sinned stones
Let any person who hasn't sinned cast the first stone. And the stones still came in like crazy.
god wish
I wish to God they were in the NBA.
behind center coached dad field liked sit
My dad never coached me, but he was always there, ... He liked to sit out behind the center field fence.
came cast offense stunned taken
We got completely taken out of our offense and we came down and did nothing but cast up prayers. I'm just stunned by the way we played.
caught expect good tape
We really caught them off guard. I can see it on the tape that they just didn't expect us to be as good as we were.