John Pelphrey
John Pelphrey
John Leslie Pelphreyis an American college basketball coach, currently an assistant at the University of Alabama. After being named Kentucky's "Mr. Basketball" in 1987, he became a star college player at the University of Kentucky...
billy half
Billy was better than half of the team.
rebuilding special
This may be the most special one because we're kind of out here on our own right now. We've been a part of rebuilding this.
billy game good points
I told Billy after the game that they were 26 points better than us -- if not more. They are a very good team.
bouncing coming forget game mike seen time
I'll never forget that day. Before we had our game day practice, Mike comes bouncing into my office. He said, 'Coach, my mom's coming to the game tonight.' He said, 'You don't understand, Coach. This is the first time she's ever seen me play.
hoped knew lack ourselves situation
I knew we were going to be ferocious. I knew we were going to play hard. I just hoped it was well enough to put ourselves in a situation to win. We couldn't. It wasn't because of a lack of effort. It was because Florida's just better.
funny humor ncaa regards
I think the NCAA has a funny sense of humor with regards to pairing us up with Florida.
dreamed rich
I never dreamed that Rich (Law) would be able to play as long as he did and as well as he did, it was great.
award basketball coaches direct fortunate game great hard reflection team win
I feel very fortunate to win the award. There are some great coaches in this league...Basketball is a team game and any award that I win is a direct reflection on how hard our team works.
either face fact love rip season trying window
I don't think either one of us like the fact that someone's season is going to be over after this thing. I do know one thing about Billy. He's going to be trying to rip our face off. All the friendship, all the love and all that is going out the window for those two hours. It's going to be very, very competitive.
effort talent
With Noah, it's not so much the talent level, but the effort. His effort is off the charts.
experience ncaa problem tournament words
The problem with the NCAA tournament is it's just one of those things words sometimes don't do justice. You have to experience it.
conference guys hard impressed orleans records situation tough year
We play New Orleans, it's always a battle. I told our guys we can't look at the records in conference play...New Orleans has had a tough situation all year long and I am impressed with how hard they play.