Pat Flannery
Pat Flannery
Pat Flanneryis a former head men's basketball coach at Bucknell University. He was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Pat attended Pottsville Area High School and graduated in 1976. He was a standout guard on the Bucknell team and lead the Bison to several league championships before graduating in 1980. While the head men's basketball coach of the Bucknell Bison, Flannery had many accomplishment. In the 2006 regular season, for example, the Bison went undefeated in Patriot league play. Even more impressively,...
good half intensity job kept offense putting second taking tone
I thought we did a good job defensively in the first half of taking them out of their offense and that really set the tone for the game. We kept our intensity in the second half and did a good job of putting them away.
bench boost good
I thought we got a good boost from our bench early. They really got us going.
basketball good played
To be honest, we don't know a whole lot yet about Arkansas, other than that they played very good basketball down the stretch.
basketball good kids knew program rankings sort
We know we're a good basketball team. Even with rankings and all that sort of stuff, if you really knew our program you'd know these kids play for each other.
basketball good passing
I don't want to go there. I can't look at that. They're good enough just by getting in passing lanes. We have a good basketball team, and we'll play another day.
best edge good kids knew played
I think the kids were really focused. There was an edge to everybody. As we went out there, we knew we were going to get American's best shot. We always played good defense.
early great job respect
I thought we had to go out there early and make them respect us. I thought we did a great job of that.
ball clock drove foul knight scoring tone worst
I thought the tone was set at 1:19 when Knight drove the ball and they called a foul on Abe. The clock stopped, and they're scoring points. That's the worst thing.
happen
I think a lot of things happen that we play the way we do.
effort inside second took
Our inside effort really took it in the second half.
along ball pitt rolling winning
I think going to Pitt and winning and St. Joe's got the ball rolling and as we went along we got confidence.
along ball pitt rolling saint winning
I think going to Pitt and winning and Saint Joe's got the ball rolling and as we went along we got confidence.
bring chance close fans forward friend game home jay looking night players special team welcome
I think it is going to be a very special night for Jay to bring a top-ranked team back to his alma mater. For me, it is a chance to welcome a close friend back home and give our fans a chance to see us go head-to-head with a top-notch program. I know for our players it is a game they are really looking forward to.
ahead believe came enjoying front task
This time, we know the task that is in front of us. We came here to play two games. Believe me, we're enjoying it, but we're not getting ahead of ourselves.