Steve Alford
Steve Alford
Stephen Todd Alfordis an American basketball coach and former player who is currently the head coach of the UCLA Bruins men's basketball team...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth23 November 1964
CityFranklin, IN
CountryUnited States of America
hold percent regardless team
To hold a team to 28 percent shooting, regardless of circumstance, is pretty impressive.
practice study trying
You have notebooks, so every day he's going to say things you need to write down and study and learn. The practice sessions are a little different 'cause these are walk-ons trying out.
good guys handling job talk whether
We didn't even talk about whether (Strickland) was going to be in or not be in. I think the guys did a good job of handling that, because we know we've been on the other end.
allowed close execute far foul free miss missed stops stretch tense throws
We didn't execute a lot down the stretch as far as foul shots, and the more you miss the more tense you get. It was a combination of missed free throws and not getting stops down the stretch that allowed them to get as close as they did.
last longer met talked
We met at 5:30 (Sunday afternoon). And at 5:40 we no longer talked about the last game.
appreciate basketball behalf brian commitment continued director efforts extended felt hard hard-work last move moves necessary operations past program progress rich seasons seven six straight successes toward winning wins work
We appreciate the hard work and efforts that Rich and Greg have extended on behalf of this program over the past seven years. With 46 wins in the last two seasons and six straight winning seasons, they have contributed to a lot of the successes we have enjoyed. In my long?term commitment toward the future, I wanted to move Brian to director of basketball operations and felt these moves were necessary for the continued progress of the program.
three
We've already got three up on the board.
talks
We've already kind of had all the talks that we were going to have.
bob business certain dean john mike people
There are certain people in our business that you don't replace - Bob Knight, Dean Smith, Mike Krzyzyewski, and you don't replace John Wooden, either.
absolutely five good leaders-and-leadership left losing perfect players returning work
We're losing five really good seniors. They've been absolutely perfect leaders. They've left a lot for the returning players to work with.
bad days extremely four games hard prepare shooting shot win
We shot extremely well. You have to make shots. It's hard to win four games in four days when you have one or two bad shooting nights. And you have to prepare to play four games, not just one.
control error margin
We still control our own destiny. It's just that our margin of error is lessened. If we go 3?0, there are no ifs, ands or buts.
beat defensive good guarded team third week
We beat a very good team tonight, and we did it by guarding. They guarded us well, too. These are two good defensive teams, for the third week of November.
dad freshman junior senior time took
When I was a freshman and sophomore, I got booed every time I was put in the game. Then, in my junior and senior years, my dad got booed every time he took me out.