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
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Whether we play Winthrop or Louisiana Tech or (future opponents) Temple or (North Carolina) State, the players realize we schedule very, very good basketball teams and we've got to play at a high level every night.
We got what we wanted. It just didn't go down.
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We're going to leave this game here - we're not taking this one with us. We didn't play very well today, and Mississippi State was terrific.
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We've shortened our practices. We don't really do anything to prevent injury, except doing minimal contact drills, but other than that we're just trying to be smart about how we go about practice.
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We're 7-6, lost our best player and we're a jump shot away from being in the Sweet 16. They overcame a lot.
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When they went to the man, our guys really lit up.
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LSU is one of the better teams in the country. Their front line is tremendous.
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We're not good enough to look past anybody or have letdowns. Every team we play can absolutely put it on us when we're not playing well or at a high level.
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We've got great fans, terrific fans and you don't want to let the actions of one person ruin a night or have something bad happen.
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Our options are limited, and we know that. We have very little room for error.
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You're just excited to be playing, first of all. Obviously, I know Tom well.
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The difference tonight was the defense in the first 15 minutes of the second half. I thought Auburn kept us off balance in the first half with the 1-3-1 zone. We weren't taking good shots. We didn't do a good job getting the ball around the basket. We didn't do a lot of things well.
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Chuck is a great player for us. But we have some other players that are great for us too.
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Chuck will still lead this team even though he'll be on the sidelines. Winning always gives you a lot of confidence. We are going to start today and we are not going to roll over. We are not going to make excuses, pout and whine. We are going to buckle down, be positive with one another and play.