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...
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.
league national prepared teams
That's what this league is all about. The first half, the building's electric. National TV. Two teams prepared to go hard.
moving enough
We're not moving fast enough with where things are going.
chance instead lose move played playing second won
For a while there in the second half, we played not to lose instead of playing to win. We had a chance to lose the game, but we won it, and we will move on.
coach expect fair
They've always been more than fair to me, so I don't expect anything other than that they're going to be more than fair. I want to be the coach here. I think they want me to be the coach here. Let's just go.
coaching job last matter tape watch year
This has been an unbelievable year, no matter what happens. I did a better job of coaching last year than this year. What we went through last year, we can laugh, but I will not watch a tape from last year.
heads scare
I don't want to scare them. I don't want their heads spinning.
basketball player flying
The hardest thing for a basketball player to do is dribble two really hard dribbles. You are flying, and then pull up and shoot a ball from 15, 17 feet. It's the hardest thing in the game.
guys
The thing about young guys is they don't think they will lose. They haven't been through it yet.
game guys played talks three
There was no one that played well. In this kind of game, you must have two or three guys that really play well and that everyone talks about after the game. We didn't have anybody.