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...
athletic concerns everybody forward good green knows normal saying talking team typical upset
They are a very good team and they aren't your normal 16-seed. Everybody knows tat and everybody is talking about that. They are saying that this is the upset because they are not the typical 16-seed. They have seniors, they have (junior forward Caleb) Green inside, and they are as big and athletic as we are. That concerns me.
ability court energy everybody importance score washington
Now everybody understands the importance of Darius Washington with this team. It's his energy as much as anything else, his ability to get up and down the court and score baskets when we need some baskets to be scored.
came catch everybody field goal held opponents percent percentage shooting skilled thinks
We held opponents to 37.8 percent in field goal percentage on the year. But for some reason, everybody thinks we're a pressing, 3-point shooting team. I don't know where that came from. We're a balanced, skilled team. We can pass, catch and shoot.
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?'
everybody knows normal saying upset
They're not a normal 16th seed. They're just not that, and everybody knows it. That's why everybody is saying this is the upset and all those things.
against beat came everybody game good plan somebody team turned win
It's a good win against a team that was 9-1. If we don't beat somebody by 40, everybody is saying, 'What's going on with the Tigers?' They have scholarships too. They came out and had a game plan on how they were going to play, but they turned it over 19 times.
defended free kick please
I think we defended pretty well. We just couldn't make a basket. Please make a basket, make a free throw, anything. Kick one in.
defense dreaded played work zone
I thought our defense was good, and then I played the dreaded zone for a while which I think everybody's like 'Wow'. But we have a zone and we work on it. I just don't use it that much.
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.
actions allow chance continue gone jeremy ongoing university
I think the university and I have gone out of our way to give Jeremy every chance to be a part of this program, but we can not allow his actions to continue to be an ongoing distraction for this team.
bottom care conference dragging great schedule teams win
I said I don't care what conference they're from, they must be teams that are going to win 17 or more games. The bottom of our schedule was dragging us down. You can schedule teams with great names, but if they go 7-21, it kills you.
guys hurt people
People are saying, 'Well, do you think it'll hurt you that they're young? You know, the thing about young guys is they don't think they're going to lose. They haven't been through it yet. So we will see.
guys opinions radio tv
Those guys on TV and radio have to come up with some opinions and some upsets.
deep game
We're deep and we're also fast. I want the game that way.