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...
breakdown good happy mark second stopped
I was happy with some of the spurts we had. I thought we did some good things defensively in the second half. There was just that breakdown around the 6- or 7-minute mark where we let them make some plays, and we stopped playing.
couple effort good intensity level pleased prepared saw second
The thing I'm most pleased with was I thought you saw an intensity level and an effort level that we haven't had for a couple of weeks. Second of all, there were things we prepared to do, and we executed them. ... It was some good stuff.
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.
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.
good stars three
My stars were stars, all three of them. We're pretty good when that happens.
bumped either fairly good job nine somebody straight
He made runners, he made them when they bumped him, he made them inside. He rebounded the ball. He did a fairly good job of defending. We (isolated) him about 10 straight times, and about nine of them, we got something good; either he scored or got somebody else something.
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.
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.
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.