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...
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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.
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This one here, from start to finish, our kids just played as well as they could possibly play. From a defensive side, Western Kentucky is unbelievable offensively. To hold them to 33 percent for the game, that is the best of the year for us.
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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.
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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.
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I sat there for the next three months.
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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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Outside of my father, he was probably the most influential male in my life.
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Outside my father, he's probably the most influential male in my life. He's a special, special guy.
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This was a great college basketball game tonight. Western Kentucky is one of the best teams in the Sun Belt and they made the last play to get the win.
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We knew that we were going to be one of the top two or three teams in the league. At least we felt like that. We certainly had a confidence level coming in.
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We had a tough day today. We played a better basketball team. Physically we had a tough time getting around them, a tough time getting to the hoop. We tried. We were courageous. We played hard. Florida was just better today.
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With Noah, it's not so much the talent level, but the effort. His effort is off the charts.
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He'll be trying to rip our face off. All the friendship, all the love will be going out the window for those two hours.
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I have been blessed to be associated with some unbelievable people. I've needed that help as a coach.