Matt Doherty
Matt Doherty
Matthew Francis "Matt" Dohertyis a former American college basketball coach and current scout for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association. He is the former head men's basketball coach at the University of Notre Dame, the University of North Carolina, Florida Atlantic University, and Southern Methodist University. He has also worked as an NCAA basketball analyst for ESPN...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth25 February 1962
CityEast Meadow, NY
handled might minor next rule start team violation
He had a minor violation of a team rule so he didn't start. He handled it great.... I might not start him next game.
lost pleased
I was disappointed we lost but pleased we didn't quit.
react
The big thing is how we react to this. This was our first real setback.
carolina demand excellence learned north playing systems
It's what I learned while playing at North Carolina and coaching. You have to have systems in place that demand excellence and accountability.
kindness mall wife
In a way it's kind of nice. I can go to the mall with my wife and not be recognized.
adapt advantage commands guy occurs says team
He's the only guy on the team that really commands a double-team. ... That says something about a freshman. Now we have to be able to adapt when that occurs to take advantage of the double-team.
effort
I thought the effort was there, but we just weren't making our shots.
five hard minutes second whatever
We didn't play hard for the first five minutes of the second half. For whatever reason, that happens.
point true unfair
We really don't have a true point guard. It's kind of unfair to put him in that position.
hopefully league smarter
We just have to be smarter, and hopefully we will be smarter in league play.
hopefully league smarter
We've got be smarter and hopefully we'll be smarter when we get into league play.