Kirk Speraw
Kirk Speraw
Kirk Speraw is an American basketball coach and former player. He is currently an assistant basketball coach for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes, under Head Coach Fran McCaffery. Speraw previously served as the head coach for the men's basketball team at the University of Central Florida, from 1993 to 2010. Speraw took the Knights to four NCAA tournament appearances...
close game
That was critical. We didn't have (Peppers) in there and ... we were able to keep the game right there, keep it close and not lose any ground.
balance consistent good miles patton
They've got good balance and a lot of different people. Patton and Miles are their most consistent scorers, but after that you never know who's going to get you.
game head last minutes problem year
A big problem that has been with us all year long, really reared its head today. And that is, the last 15 minutes of the game got away from us.
positive tough
That's 11 possessions positive for them. In a tough grind-it-out game, you can't do that.
carolina college difficult east great road tough
It's always tough to go on the road and win. East Carolina is a very difficult place to play. They have one of the great environments in college basketball.
athletic drive hang hard heart memphis running
Memphis is athletic and good, but if you can keep them from running you can hang around. If you let them drive into the heart of the defense, they will be hard to beat.
broke came defense half life second
We came out in the second half with no life and our defense broke down.
active aggressive marshall open
We didn't have a lot of open looks. Marshall was the more active and aggressive team.
ball coach knew
We knew he was going to have the ball in his hands. If I was Coach Smith, I would have done the same thing.
broke came defense good half life second slip towards
We did some good things, but let it slip away from us towards the end of the first half. We still were only down 12 points. We came out in the second half with no life and our defense broke down.
difference full game good minutes moments needed playing
We had some good moments in the game, but that's not playing the game for the full 40 minutes like we needed to. You give up 16 turnovers to their (season-low) five, and that's just too much of a difference in a grind-it-out, possession-type game like this.