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...
balls beat coming hands hustled kept seen
Their pressure. ... They just kept coming after us. They hustled us and beat us to balls. I have not seen us get that many balls jerked out of our hands all season.
arrogance beat everybody gets help swagger
Not an arrogance, because that gets away from you. The swagger that says, 'You may beat us, but you better come out swinging.' But it is not his swagger, it is our swagger, and he has to get everybody believing. 'Can (Washington) help me be that way?'
beaten gave houston played
Obviously, Houston gave us a game. (The Cougars) could have, should have beaten us they played so well.
stunned watched worry
I think you're all stunned when they say that we haven't watched any tape. Does that stun you? I don't want them to worry about Bradley. ... You worry about us.
fresh legs minds strive trying
They have fresh legs and fresh minds and that's what we're always trying to strive for in March.
physical surprised
It surprised me because I thought we'd be more physical than them and we weren't. They were more physical than us.
barely check game minute
I barely wanted to be here. ... We've got to be able to check a minute into the game who's into this energy. Who is into what we are doing.
fresh legs mentally striving team
Now what I have is a team that's fresh mentally and they're fresh physically. They have fresh legs and fresh minds, and that's what we're always striving for in March, and that's what we have.
half missed near second
The first half we missed 14 two-footers. At some point, we've got to make those shots. In the second half we made them, but you've got to make the ones that are near the basket. You can't miss them all.
austin east last looked schedule state teams tennessee tried wins
I just looked at the schedule and said I want to play teams with 17, 18 wins or more. I tried to do that last year, too. But I thought Austin Peay and East Tennessee State would be 18-win teams, and they didn't come close.
andre balance born games guys minutes nine played star today
I really like the balance we had today. We played nine guys for a lot of minutes and they all performed. There is a star born in every one of these games and today it was Andre Allen.
educate
You better educate yourself. You don't stand in the front of the line unless you're up there because you know everything that's involved.
larry learned
I think I learned it from Larry Brown.
bothers enjoy guys success sure
If you're not sure of yourself, someone else's success bothers you. These guys enjoy each other's success.