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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He needed to get that proof that his knee was fine. He'll be ready for next week.
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We've proved that we're ready now. Whether we're ready to win Tuesday night on the road remains to be seen. Do I think we're good enough? Yes.
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There isn't an easy one left, which is good. We proved that we're ready now.
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That's what this game is all about, getting ourselves ready for the next three games and then head on into our league games.
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I just believe 100% in Marcus Williams and he's reinforced that belief every single day. This is a happy time for him because he's going on to a future that he's ready for.
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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'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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I thought they tested us. I was a little bit disappointed that we didn't respond quite as well.
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I thought the shot was going to go in. He had a great angle, great shot at the end to go in and I truly believed it was going to go in. But it didn't. We got the shot we wanted.
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I think we finally wore them down. They didn't have any more players to play.
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I thought our big kids dominated the game. The difference in the game was our power.
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I think we showed up like a team that had glanced at our record and saw we had beaten Syracuse handily both times. My point is that in a tournament, no one really cares what seed you are or whether you beat someone before. It's the 40 minutes you're playing today that's important.
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I think a lot of credit has to go to Louisville when you have a leader out. I'm not sure how well our offense would have been if we didn't have Marcus Williams. Marcus is not the scorer, but he is the runner of the team. He gets the ball to the right people in the right time at the right spots. They didn't have that tonight. They worked like crazy.
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I think it's the very charm of exactly what this tournament is about and I truly believe that. We played Gonzaga in 1999 and everybody in Phoenix was attached to them. That's a very natural thing.