John Calipari
John Calipari
John Vincent Calipariis an American college basketball coach. Since 2009, he has been the head coach at the University of Kentucky. Calipari was previously the head coach at the University of Memphisand the University of Massachusetts. He was also the head coach of the National Basketball Association's New Jersey Netsand the Dominican Republic national basketball team in 2011 and 2012...
trying sometimes
When you're trying to make somebody the best version of themselves, you have to keep defining that over a period of time because sometimes it changes.
ball deny game great guys pressure ready start wings
I think what we are going to do is go great ball pressure and deny wings to start the game because I want to know who is not ready to play. We had guys start this game like we don't have to play. Like they were going through the motions.
city great opportunity showcase university
This is another great opportunity to showcase our program, our University and our city to the nation,
basketball skilled stars
My stars were stars. They are skilled basketball players, and there's a lot of them, which makes it kind of nice.
control instead thinking
Now our team's thinking about getting better instead of the other team's stuff, which we really have no control over.
allen andre cooper eight game joey march minutes next opportunity players playing ready tried trying
The thing I've tried to tell each of these players is be ready for your moment. What if I only play Andre Allen eight minutes this game because Darius is really playing well? What if this game is better-suited for Kareem Cooper than it is Joey Dorsey? What I'm trying to tell our players is that you have to live with that and march on to the next game, and that may be your game and your opportunity to be the star.
easy good passing turn
Offensively, we were back to passing it to each other. We were back to making easy plays. We didn't turn it over as much. We did some good stuff.
laughing kind
If I ever tell the same story twice, just laugh and roll with it because, when you get older, you start doing that kind of stuff.
coaching fun people
People thought I was crazy. I've had more fun coaching this style.
team kids enjoy
I would enjoy the fact that I had a team that won a national title, but I would be disappointed that none of the kids got drafted because that's not how it's supposed to work.
team personality different
All the teams you have have different personalities, and you kind of want it.
team disappointed
If my team won a national title and no one got drafted, I'd be disappointed.
basketball conference game usa
This is what Conference USA should be in every game and every building. This is a basketball environment.
asked blocked blocks defended defending easy far four grabbed half himself means point proud rodney run second shots shows
I was so proud of Rodney Carney today. It would be so easy for Rodney to play for himself right now. It would easy for him to just go out and do it himself. I grabbed Rodney and said 'you are defending and we will try to give you some shots. Rodney said I am fine. At one point in the second half I asked if you want me to run something to get you going and he said I am fine. He defended and blocked shots today. Four blocks shows how far he has come and what he means to the team.