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...
concerned hard played plays sure team tough whether
I thought we played pretty hard tonight, which is all I'm concerned about. They're a tough team to guard, and whether we play here or in Alaska, I just want to make sure our team plays hard.
gut guys kept team telling visibly
Some guys on our team were visibly tired. We kept telling them in timeouts, you've just got to gut through it.
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.
contain defense good guys match rely solid team
We're not good enough to match up with those guys one-on-one. We have to rely on solid team defense to contain those guys.
both extremely played rely teams
Both teams played extremely hard. We had to rely on our depth. That's kind of what we've done all year. This is our style.
chance door eight great teams walk win
On Thursday, all eight teams that walk through the door know they have a great chance to win it. That's why it's always tough.
advance gets great series team took year
The thing I took out of that year is the most important thing you need to advance is great players. It's a one-game series and anything can happen. If your team gets hot, you have a chance.
exactly kid team
There isn't a kid on that team that doesn't know exactly what's going on with this year's team. It's family.
control fashion great kept leadership settling team true
In true leadership fashion he kept settling our team down. He's a great player. He doesn't have to just score. He's got to just control our team. He did that.
bigger games huge list playing season teams winning year
Winning 20 games this season is a huge accomplishment. When you look at the list of teams to have done it, we're proud, but we didn't play this year to win 20 games. We're playing to do bigger and better things.
hat programs respect
I take my hat off to them. A rivalry? I think it's two programs that have a lot of respect for each other.
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.
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.