Mark Gottfried
Mark Gottfried
Mark Frederick Gottfried is an American men's college basketball coach and former player. He was named head coach of North Carolina State University on April 5, 2011...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth20 January 1964
across came excited five name players quite relief row statement sure
It was sure a relief when our name came across there. I'm excited for our players and our program. It's quite a statement that this is five in a row for us.
proud
It's disappointing to lose, but I'm proud of our team; I'm proud of the way we played.
cap fact far feather gives night number perceived selection tournament
The fact we don't play on the first night of the tournament is big. That was important for us for a number of reasons. No. 1, it gives you another day or rest. No. 2, it's one more feather in your cap as far as how you're perceived by the (NCAA) selection committee.
players sure talk
I'm not going to talk about it (to the team), and I'm not sure our players will, either.
against averaged body buried felt four game games half holes last level mitchell needed points zone
The last four games, Darrel Mitchell has averaged about 26 or 27 points a game (actually 24.5), and we felt like against a zone he would find too many holes and get loose. We went to the zone once in the first half and he buried a 3 on us. I just felt like with Darrel Mitchell, right now, at the level he's been playing, we just needed to be body to body with him for 40 minutes.
defense defensive game key stops sure team teams top won
I think they're a top 15 team in the country. I'm not sure there are 15 teams better than them. We had key defensive stops at key times. Collectively, the defense won the game for us.
games needs sometime though
I do think he needs to come out of the games sometime even though I never take him out. He would be better.
basket complete fool fools-and-foolishness game jumping won
I thought the game was over. I'm a complete idiot. I was jumping up and down like a fool out there. I thought Gee's basket won the game for us.
against aggressive anybody country december easier four hope hurt last played sudden teams three
Really in the last two, three or four years we've been as aggressive as anybody in the country with our non-conference schedule. I hope that doesn't hurt us. I hope that all of a sudden that's not used against you, because we could have played three easier teams in December and we'd be 20-9 and everyone will be celebrating.
against couple games good last loose shots start zone
His last two games he was 2-for-15 from the field. He really concentrated on his shooting. For us to be good you can't take the shots away from him. He got loose against the zone and made a couple of shots, he got off to a real good start and I thought that was the key.
best games good great jean job last seen shooting
That was the good of Jean Felix. I think in his last two games he was 2-of-15 from the field. Today's some of the best we've seen from him. He did a great job shooting the ball.
bad games good last shots
That was the good (side). There was no question. The last two games he was something like 2-for-15 from the field. But for us to be good, we have to give him the shots when he's open. You just have to take the bad with the good. He had one of those performances that's phenomenal.
chance eighth excited guys highly pose problems ranked team third tremendous underrated upset
First of all it's going to be a tremendous challenge. They are ranked third in the RPI and eighth in the AP. They are very underrated and will pose problems for us. On the other hand, our guys are very excited about having the chance to upset a team that is highly ranked.
believe belonging capable elite final ours players program supposed
I was there. I know what it's like to be a part of that. There's a sense of belonging in the Final Four. We're supposed to be there. You take a program like ours and we've been to one Elite Eight. You have to get your players to believe they're capable of doing that.