Rodney Tention
Rodney Tention
Rodney Ellis Tentionis an American basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach at San Jose State. He was formerly the head men's basketball coach at the College of Notre Dame and Loyola Marymount University. Tention was then hired an assistant at Stanford University under head coach Johnny Dawkins...
focal grabbing harder point teams
In transition, teams are getting to him early, making it that much harder for him. They're grabbing him. ... That's respect. Now he's become a focal point for teams.
bleeding game kid middle start supposed
Absolutely. I didn't see it but my kid is just not going to start bleeding right out on the middle of the floor. That's just not the way the game is supposed to be played.
ranked
Give them credit. They compete. That's why they're ranked No. 5 (now 4). They toughened up when they got down.
defensive game team tougher
The tougher team won. Right now, the defensive part of the game is not important to our kids.
alan ball beat containing francisco gets heard high keys low playing quickness san
One of the keys of playing San Francisco is containing Alan when he gets the ball in the high post. When he gets the ball in the low post, he can use his quickness to beat you. He's going to be heard from in his own career.
guess hurt lose mentally team tougher
I guess so. It hurt more to lose (to Portland) than to Gonzaga. The mentally tougher team won.
lost
We had stumbled getting in here, but we never lost our focus.
fourth picked
We have made some strides. We were picked fourth and we're in second. That's something.
definitely enjoy hope opportunity player today
You got to enjoy the opportunity that you get to see a player like that. You just hope he doesn't go off on you like that. He's definitely everything that has been advertised, at least today he was.
attack beat happens
What happens is, they're being aggressive; they attack the rim. You just have to go out and beat them.