Mark Turgeon
Mark Turgeon
Mark Leo Turgeonis an American college basketball coach. He is currently the head coach for the Maryland Terrapins...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth5 February 1965
forget guy hitting night senior shot
You never forget a night like that, senior night and a guy hitting a shot at the buzzer.
capable good guards shooting starting
Our guards are starting to play better. We are capable of shooting it. We have good shooters.
announce assistant calls coaches last phone soon
The last thing I want to do is take 25 more phone calls from assistant coaches (looking for a job). When I get an assistant coach, I'm going to announce it as soon as I can.
continuing expect focus guys mean practice stay
The guys have been pretty shielded from it. I expect practice to go well and our focus to stay where it is. I don't see us changing. That doesn't mean we're going to play great. But I expect us to because we're continuing to practice well.
coach great win
They've got great players. Mac's a great coach, but you don't win without great players.
close drove hard jim knew looking power sure talked
I was in a power position, obviously, so I drove a hard bargain. I wanted to make sure that Jim knew what I was looking for. Over time, through each contract, I've talked about 'This is what I'd like to have someday.' I think he got as close to that as he could.
close guys maybe pressure seen
I thought maybe we could do it. I've seen our guys get hot. But we could never get close enough to put pressure on them.
game good guys notice simple supposed
You don't want to notice them. You don't notice the really good ones. Those guys ref the game the way it's supposed to be called. Simple as that.
bit great himself needed past playing shape smarter
He's playing smarter than he has in the past. Kyle's made himself a little bit better athlete. He's been in great shape the whole time, which he needed to do.
hurt selection shot
Our shot selection hurt us in the first half, hurt our defense, and that was really disappointing.
hurt selection shot valiant
Our shot selection hurt us in the first half. After that I thought we (gave) a valiant effort.
felt jump pressure shoot
I felt like if we could keep pressure on them and make them shoot jump shots.
anybody athletic battle blow definitely gonna guard jump taller together
They're gonna be taller more athletic than we are, and they can jump a little higher. We're definitely not flashy. . . . We try to guard and rebound, just try to play together on the other end. We don't blow anybody out. Everything is a battle for us.
anybody asked figured game looked might though win
I told anybody who asked me that I thought we were going to play well offensively. We were fresh. We might have figured out a way to win the game 65-63 if we didn't make shots. But because we did it looked easy, even though it actually wasn't.