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...
both feeling great move opportunity places teams
What this is for 64 teams is a great opportunity. It's a great opportunity for Connecticut. It's a great opportunity for us and it's a great opportunity for Albany. Both teams have something at stake. Both teams want to move on. There is no feeling like it. I've been a 16, a 15, a 1, and I've been all places in between. Each one is exciting.
belief bucks coming football game gave high inspired love sent traveling whether
Whether it was 50 bucks being sent to me at school, traveling through a snowstorm to see me play, coming to a football game in high school, all those things gave me a sense of love and belief and those things inspired confidence.
certainly guys help josh offense struggling
We're going to need some help from some of the guys that are struggling. Josh (Boone) is struggling a little bit. Certainly Denham (Brown) is struggling a lot. We're going to need those guys' offense to help us.
bit difference higher maybe providence somebody talented teams
The only difference between Providence and maybe somebody a little bit higher in the standings is the young kids. Providence is talented but they're young. Young teams make mistakes.
england face fortunate people walk walking
When I walk down with Cousy I'm walking in as the face of New England as the face of so many people who weren't fortunate enough to get into what I got into.
league seems wars
We're a new league, a league of 16. But this seems like the old wars of the '80s and '90s.
final great knock loaded road team
The only place down the road I want to see them is in Indianapolis at the Final Four. They come loaded and knock you down. That is a great team with heart.
anybody difficult increased league quality taken teams truly
We've taken the quality of teams and just increased them in quantity. I don't think anybody truly understands how difficult this league will be day in and day out.
concerned kinds taking time worse
We're going backwards. I'm real concerned about that. We've been taking all kinds of time at it, and we're getting worse at it.
best everybody rooting
We're rooting for everybody we beat. That's the best way to put it.
game instead next practice preparing proves time wait
This proves that you can't just show up in postseason play, because instead of going to practice and preparing for a game tomorrow, we have to wait a week. Next time we lose, we're going home.
disrupted effort incredible team
No team has disrupted us as much on offense. Their effort was extraordinary. I thought they did an incredible, incredible job.
automatic both came east good moral ncaa reckoned team time won
Both of our NCAA Championships (1999, 2004) came in years where we won the Big East Tournament. Time will tell if that's an automatic correlation. There are no good losses. No moral victories. But I do know this team is one to be reckoned with at the NCAA tourney.
incredibly kid talented
I told him he has to be more assertive. He's an incredibly talented kid but a very young kid. I think at times he's unstoppable.