Jim Christian
Jim Christian
James Patrick Christianis an American college basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the Boston College men's basketball team. He previously held the same position at Kent State, TCU and Ohio...
four game mean seniors
That was the whole game plan: to play for the four seniors who mean so much to this team. (Smith) really did that.
defensive games played
This is probably one of the better defensive games we've played all year.
basketball care freshman took
He didn't play like a freshman today. He took care of the basketball. I thought that was a big play for us.
achieved arrived basketball career coaching continue continuing excellence forward high level maintain program recent since state strive tradition
I look forward to continuing my coaching career at Kent State. My goal, as it has been since the day I arrived at Kent State, is to continue the tradition our program has developed. We will strive to maintain the high level of excellence Kent State basketball has achieved in recent years.
league
If that's one of the things that the hierarchies of the league think (will work), I'm all for it.
job possible taking worst
Some of my friends said I was taking the Kent job at the worst possible time. They said all I could do was go down.
admire guy seen toughest
He is the toughest guy who I've seen play here. I really admire what he's done.
extremely needed pitt shoot shot uphill
For us to win, we needed Pitt to shoot poorly, and they shot extremely well. We just had too much of an uphill battle.
determination group guys hearts played win
This was a group of guys with unbelievable determination to win this game. Toledo played their hearts out, but these guys would not be denied.
next run special state team
We had an unbelievable run in 2002, and that team will always be special in Kent State history. But this team will be in the very next paragraph.
five teams
With them being a five seed, if there's (that many) teams better then them, I'd like to see who they are.
kept lose option produced projects quite several sleep trying worked
We worked for several years trying to get it produced back East, but he also had a lot of other projects that kept him busy. He kept the option for years, but the show never quite materialized. I didn't lose any sleep over it.
catch extremely knew night shoot
We knew what was coming. For us to have a chance, two things had to happen. We had to shoot extremely, extremely well and catch them on a night when they didn't shoot well from the perimeter.
cannot couple offensive player rhythm senior
We knew, with this being senior night, that he was going to come out and play. You cannot let an offensive player get in a rhythm and we let him make a couple of jumpers early.