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...
build change players state teams trying
When you're trying to build or change a culture, what do you do? I always say you take players from state championship teams because they only know one thing, winning.
bit bump feet grab holding missed ton whether
Whether it was because of a bump or a grab or a hold, we were 13-of-36 (shooting) from two feet (of the basket). That's the thing right now that's holding us back a little bit ... (but) we missed a ton of them.
against beat coach difficult hard trying winning
When we coach against another team, we're trying to make it as hard as we can on them to beat us. On this committee, we're trying to (make it) as hard as we can for them not to give us (the No. 1 seed). They may not, but we made it very difficult for them by winning the game.
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.
bit couple easily left minute plays reality shots until won
We made a couple of shots and couple of plays because we are a little bit longer. The reality of it is they were there until there was a minute left and they easily could have won the game.
absolutely biggest building event hurricane since
We're going down to their building and it's probably the biggest event since the hurricane that's going on around there. It's going to be nutty, absolutely nutty.
freshmen
We've got a young team, freshmen and sophomores and Rodney. But we've got a competitive group.
played
Let me tell you, we played well. Don't think we didn't play well, we're not much better than they.
says season
It says a lot about what we've accomplished this season out of conference.
making-a-difference my-family you-can-make-a-difference
You'd better make sure that you know you can make a difference, and if it's a difference you want to make, is there another way to do the same thing, and what's the down side? What's the repercussions if I do this? To my career, to my family, whatever else.
chest great job pushing
They really were just bumping chest to chest, grabbing, pushing - and did a great job of it.
march strive strong
We have strong legs. That's what we strive to have in March and that's what we have.
good second stars three
We really guarded. We rebounded in the second half, and my stars were stars, all three of them. We rebounded and my three stars were stars. We're pretty good what that happens.
andre born star today
There is a star born in every one of these games, and today it was Andre Allen.