Jim Les
Jim Les
James Allen Lesis an American basketball coach and former player who is the current head coach of the UC Davis Aggies men's basketball team. A former point guard, he was picked in the third roundof the 1986 NBA Draft out of Bradley University...
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I was scared to death. I didn't know if they realized what we were facing, all the different things they're experiencing. I was nervous about it. I wasn't sure they were comprehending the magnitude of our opportunity. But they seem to be able to enjoy it and step back focus on it at the same time.
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He was absolutely a project. We thought maybe by his junior year he'd be ready to make an impact.
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I'm a cheesecake connoisseur, and it was awfully good.
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We needed to play our 'A' game tonight, and we didn't play our 'A' game. But that was because of what they did. That's a very good basketball team.
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We don't want this to be a one-and-done. Heck, I want to put pressure on myself to make this a yearly event, and that will trickle down to the expectation of our players having gotten a taste of this.
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We don't want them to take for granted that there's a lot of support for Bradley basketball. So many people commented on how they stood the entire game. I didn't see that from the Kansas fans. I didn't see that from the Pitt fans. Our fans gave us fire. I want our guys to acknowledge it. I didn't tell them to go into the stands. They took that on their own.
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You always in the back of your mind are comparing yourselves to those teams that play on TV, to those upper echelon teams To me, it's a great opportunity to see where we're at.
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We usually have a 24-hour rule to celebrate or pout after a game. We moved the clock up a little bit. They were jubilant on the floor, but by the time we got back to the locker room, they were looking at me like what do we need to do next.
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The fact that the administrators and the community here welcomed me back with open arms says a lot about what they think of their own. They handed me the keys to drive the car and with that I've taken a lot of pride and responsibility in trying to restore Bradley basketball to a level everyone can be proud of.