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...
associated blessed help needed
I have been blessed to be associated with some unbelievable people. I've needed that help as a coach.
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.
billy half
Billy was better than half of the team.
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.
next sat three
I sat there for the next three months.
anytime building extremely happen turnaround turns wins year
Our turnaround this year was extremely dramatic, in turns of wins and losses. This is going to happen anytime you go through the building process.
goal good inside jamming job post second throats
Our goal was to take the inside away and keep them from jamming it down our throats because they have such good post players. We did a good job of that in the first half. In the second half, it got away from us a little bit.
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We have been working really hard here the past three years. We've had some hurdles like all rebuilding jobs. This year we have more players. We have more experienced players. The first-year guys we have signed are making contributions. We're kind of getting it from everywhere. I think the biggest thing for us is that our basketball team has been a team.