Lute Olson
Lute Olson
Robert Luther "Lute" Olsonis an American retired basketball coach. He was most recently head coach of the University of Arizona's men's team for 25 years. He was also head coach at the University of Iowa for nine years and California State University, Long Beach for one season. Olson was known for player development, and many of his former players have gone on to impressive careers in the NBA. On October 23, 2008, Olson announced his retirement from coaching...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth22 September 1934
few goes good hard job minutes needs spots
Mohamed did a good job and we need to do more of that. He needs more spots like that where he can get a few minutes at a time. Defensively, he goes hard and he always goes hard to the boards.
hay sun
We need to make hay while the sun is shining.
hardest played question smartest team
There's no question the team that played the hardest and the smartest ... won.
great last tough week
It was tough last week without Hassan. He's a great competitor. The more there is on the line, the better he plays. He's a winner. We need his leadership. It was great to have him back.
advantage good great mind opportunity question stanford taken watched
There was no question in my mind he was going to be a really good player, and we wouldn't have watched him as much as we did if we didn't feel that way. I think he's had a great opportunity at Stanford and he's taken advantage of it.
basketball chris college degree dismissed earned effective future half noted serious staff success three wish
After long and serious deliberation, the men's basketball staff has dismissed Chris Rodgers, effective immediately, from the team. It should be noted that Chris has earned his college degree in three and a half years and that we wish him much success in all future endeavors.
games good history past swing turn
That's good that they have, because now it's our turn to swing it back the other way. All of those games have been competitive games. This is a new year, new team. ...I don't think past history is going to have anything to do with it, frankly.
enjoy game invented missed playing
This game was invented to have fun. If you can't enjoy playing basketball, you've missed a lot.
drop sure top
I'm pretty sure we'll drop out of the top 35.
chris involved job nice
Chris did a nice job of pressuring the ball. We need him to get more involved offensively.
guys sure
I'm not sure you're going to see many frontline guys with that many steals.
guys sure
I'm not sure you're going to see many front-line guys with that many steals.
accomplish count developed game guys hoped inside man step
I hoped our inside game would have developed better. We have been very inconsistent there. We need a big man to step up and that is what we are going to try to accomplish this week, to get one of those guys so we can count on them to go in there and do the job.
conference difficult four somebody team win
I don't know if somebody could win four in a row. There isn't a team in the conference that can't win one or two games. But it would be difficult to win four straight.