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
bunch country people proud seen
We're really proud of what we've done, and we weren't going to let a bunch of people around the country who haven't seen us make us feel any different. We know what we have and it's pretty special.
darn last practice shoot weeks
We've had a lot of practice the last two weeks and it showed today. When we shoot well, we're pretty darn good.
ahead challenges drake everybody game good played rather tough
We feel good because of where we are. We'd much rather be one game ahead with two to go. Drake really challenges you and they're good at home. They've played everybody really tough in that building.
expect game played time
We played like we've been here 20 years in a row. You never expect a game to be this easy, especially this time of the year.
care home league looked pro team took
We're 2-0 and we took care of our home court. This league is loaded. (Bradley) looked like a pro team out there.
kept second thinking tremendous
We kept going to him, kept thinking he was going to get tired. He was tremendous in the second overtime.
change days excited great happy later name pops selection sunday sweet
We're just happy to be here. It's been a great ride. Selection Sunday our name pops up and we're excited and 6 days later we're in the Sweet 16 and things change quick.
capable good played winning
We've got good players, and I thought we were in a pod we were very capable of winning if we played well.
exactly
We did exactly what we had to do offensively. We executed better, which is what we had to do.
final profile program raises reaching sweet understand
What you have to understand is that at our level, reaching the Sweet 16 is like reaching the Final Four. It raises the profile of a program like nothing else can.
guarded needed stop until
We guarded out tails off all day. We got every stop we needed until the very end.
george heck knew mason tough trying
We knew we were going to have to play a heck of a game. George Mason is a really tough team, and then trying to play them in this building. We just didn't have it tonight.
darn defend hard shoot
When we shoot well, we're pretty darn good. We always try to defend and rebound, but we look better when we make shots. Today, we were pretty hard to guard.
defense example free game missouri offensive shooting state throw whether won
We won the Evansville game differently than we won the Missouri State game, for example. Whether it's rebounding or free throw shooting or defense or offensive execution, it's been something different each game for us.