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...
allowed beat good lewis thomas
That allowed Lewis and Thomas to do what they wanted. We got beat good in the post.
example
Let me give you an example with our kids. I think we could play the Celtics probably for a half.
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The ability to take somebody off the bounce is incredibly important. It's really tough to defend a guy who can go by you.
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That was the most physical game I have been involved in in a couple of years.
beating college parity
The 16 beating the one, it's going to come. There is just too much parity in college basketball.
emotional games
That was one of the most exhausting, emotional games I've ever been in.
absolutely
Marcus was magnificent and Rudy was absolutely terrific.
continue great learned miss people question shots student
Marcus made a mistake, like every other student on this campus. I don't feel there's any question that Marcus has profited. Some people miss shots and continue to miss shots because they don't learn. Marcus has learned a great deal.
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Marcus Johnson continues to make who is going to play at that 'three' or 'two' a little more of a struggle. He plays harder than anybody else on the court just about.
incredible second
Marcus had an incredible triple-double. He had an incredible first half. He didn't have an incredible second half.
experience last playing wish
I wish we were playing tonight. Especially after our experience last week.
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It feels good so many guys contributed. We, the coaching staff, to some degree, have become so reliant on Rudy and he didn't have a particularly good evening and that happens to great players and will continue to happen.
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.
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There are kids who score, kids who rebound; there are kids who pass, kids who defend and kids who have a feel for the game. He has all those attributes. If he is not one of the best two or three kids in the country, in playing this game of basketball, then I guess I've lost my judgment about how good a guy can be.