Mike McConathy
Mike McConathy
Mike McConathyis the head men's basketball coach at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. He was reared in Bossier City and from 1983 to 1999 was the basketball coach at Bossier Parish Community College, originally an entity of the Bossier Parish School Board...
top trash
It's a little different for us today, going from the top of the world to the trash barrel." ()
excitement guys hard kept shirt words
It's hard to put into words what happened. We're very excited. If I had the chests that some of those guys have, I would have kept my shirt on. But I'm a pretty conservative guy and I like to keep things conservative. In the excitement of everything, I thought it was OK." ()
blame everybody guys realized talk time worried
I was a little worried there. I don't think they realized how much time was on the clock. I'll talk to them about this. I always tell our guys not to celebrate. Let's make everybody feel like we belong. But I can't blame them." ()
coming depend difficult exactly example five focus greater guys hitting individual points prepare slowing team upset vulnerable
There's no greater example of team before individual than what they've done. When you depend on two guys to get points, you're vulnerable to get upset by a lower-level team that is hitting you from five different ways. That's difficult to prepare for, because you don't know where we're going to hit you from ... in reverse, we know exactly where their points are coming from and we can focus on slowing them down." ()
adjusting bit style toughest
They play a little bit different style of game, and I think sometimes adjusting to that is the toughest thing." ()
rather
I would like to see that. But more importantly, I would rather see a win." ()
clearing games means ncaa team win
What this means I can't put into words. It's clearing a hurdle. We know we have a team that can win games in the NCAA Tournament, but to have that chance, we had to win this game." ()
tells turned
We had 24 turnovers and they turned them into 26 points, so I think that pretty much tells the story of the game." ()