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...
awful came certainly incredibly kids losses proud
It certainly was one of the more disappointing losses we've had in an awful long time. I'm proud of the way the kids came back. But I'm incredibly, incredibly disappointed in the loss and incredibly disappointed in myself.
birthplace dave england hall holy jimmy later providence somewhat walker
It's funny, New England is the birthplace of basketball, but we are somewhat underrepresented in the Hall of Fame, ... I would like to see Jimmy Walker in there. Holy Cross. They were the epitome. Later on, with Dave Gavitt and the Providence teams.
couple expected great passes threw thrown
He threw a couple passes that went off people's hands, but he also threw some passes that we haven't had thrown all year. That's to be expected because he's a great passer.
couple expect great passes threw thrown
He threw a couple of passes off guys' hands. But he also threw passes that no one has thrown all year. We expect that from him because he's such a great passer.
bracket difficult fair teams
I think our bracket looks, superficially, to me to be the toughest. That and Oakland look very, very tough. We got a fair but very difficult bracket. What it's got is teams that have been there before. And there's something to being there before.
couple game involved physical
That was the most physical game I have been involved in in a couple of years.
coach fame hall playing yankee
He was a Hall of Fame coach in his own right at UMass, ... But playing in the Yankee Conference, he was never going to get the recognition.
scoring threw
They threw us off. Scoring didn't come easily.
offensive stretch thinking
It was the most offensive thinking that he had. His baskets down the stretch for us were very, very big.
jim
Between Hubie (Brown) and Jim (Boeheim), they told me I had 12 seconds,
admirer defensive game good minds top
I have been a big admirer of Don Haskins for a long time. He is one of the top defensive minds in the game and he is good man, a real coach.
depth played teams
A lot of teams play us in a grind, not in a wide-open game. That played to our depth and our experience.
teams
Teams do get into ruts. (Other) teams do play defense.
special
It is special. It's even more special because of what's at stake.