Mark Schmidt
Mark Schmidt
Mark Schmidtis an American college basketball coach and the current men's basketball head coach at St. Bonaventure University. He took the job at the start of the 2007–08 season after holding the same position at Robert Morris University. During the 2008–09 season, he led St. Bonaventure to a 15–15 record, and an appearance in the Atlantic 10 postseason tournament, the school's first since 2005. He played collegiately for the Boston College Eagles in the 1980s...
handle
In this league, you have to handle runs. You've got to find a way to win.
education generation half standards
There's probably about a generation and a half that have not had, by any standards we consider, an education.
game slow start worst
The worst thing you can do in a game like this is come out and start slow and let them think they can compete. We showed them they wouldn't be able to compete.
causes guy jump problems rely shooting
Their big guy causes problems for A.J.. A.J. struggled, and we can't rely on our jump shooting to win.
conference expect hard lost people plays team three top wants year
There were a lot of people who didn't expect many things from us this year because we lost three top scorers. But this team plays hard and wants to be successful. We just need to get back to where we started conference play.
move water
But we need to move on. That is water under the bridge.
defensive forced heels intensity played strong
Their defensive intensity was there and forced us out of our offense. We played on our heels and weren't strong with the ball.
goes history kids ranked state toughest tournament
I think this is the toughest tournament in the history of Colorado. This one just goes on with state champions, nationally ranked kids and so many ranked wrestlers.
days game grab somebody
If somebody told me that two days ago, let's play a game for 11 minutes, and you get a four-point lead, I'd grab that one.
against battle behind cut fight good heart knew road sacred trip uphill
Sacred Heart is a good team, and we didn't play well against them. We knew this road trip was going to be tough. (On Thursday), we got behind by 12 and cut it to nine, but then had to fight an uphill battle from there.
found guys kids shows
The kids found a way to win. That shows our guys are confident.
court home win
The home court isn't going to win it for us. We'll have to play well.
central confidence desperate ended foul huge included key knew losing needed rebounds shots state streak tough
This was a huge confidence booster for us. We ended the three-game losing streak which included two heart-breaking one-point losses. We were desperate for a win. But we also knew Central Connecticut State would be tough mentally. They were. I just think we made some key rebounds and made some foul shots when we needed to.
exciting finish lead needed win
This was an exciting game. We just didn't finish out the game. We had a lead and did not do what we needed to do to win it.