Matt Brady
Matt Brady
Matt Bradyis an American college basketball coach and the former men's basketball coach at James Madison University. He was introduced at a press conference on March 26, 2008. Brady was formerly the head coach at Marist College, departing with a 73–50 record in four years. He took the Red Foxes to a MAAC regular-season championship in 2007. Marist then advanced to the NIT, where it defeated Oklahoma State in the first round. The NIT victory was the first ever postseason...
college great happy kids late playing rather record sleep
We don't have a great record playing in the afternoon, so I'm happy we have a late start. The kids like it, too. They would rather play late at night. College kids like to sleep in.
beat dangerous extremely presents problems proven team
I think Canisius presents a lot of problems because they're terrific, defensively. If they're making shots, they're an extremely dangerous team because they've proven they can beat anybody.
amongst gonna growing james teammates trust
James has made strides. There's a growing trust amongst his teammates that James is gonna come through if we get him going.
bonus hard huge kids opportunity programs thrilled worked
We are thrilled to be one of the programs to have an opportunity to be on TV. It's a huge bonus for the kids who have worked so hard ... to put us in this position.
bats late missed until
Our bats didn't get going until late in the game. We missed out on some opportunities early.
advantage game gives score
Our backcourt gives us an advantage in most games. Not necessarily in the Iona game. But most other games, we have an advantage. We never know from game to game who's going to score the ball.
college continues proud teammate terrific year
Really, the thing I'm most proud about is, he continues to get better each year that he's been in college. He's a terrific kid, but he's a better teammate for our program.
communication helped skills team
I think his effort, his communication skills and his willingness to do all the little things has really helped our team immeasurably.
developing floor guard guy harder move myriad ryan score situations skills
We move him around the floor and put him in a lot of situations where he could score in a myriad of ways. I think it's harder to guard a guy like Ryan when he is developing his skills and he's never in the same place on consecutive possessions.
fought heck
We fought like heck but we didn't have enough.
expect games shot
I expect more games like this, the way we shot it.
fight shot
He had to fight for every shot and every point.
couple finally floor game habits last practice realized season spring terms
We had some disagreements last season about how I thought the game should be played, and really about practice habits and such. In the spring we had a couple conversations, one on one, and I think he finally realized that he had to put more into everything in terms of being on the floor with the team.
good people point stop surprised
At some point people are going to stop being surprised by Jared. He's a pretty good player.