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
coaches good home players
I don't think it's ever a good thing when coaches or players get booed by their home crowd.
five ohio points state undefeated
Ohio State is five points away from being undefeated and a top?five team.
coaches far good happened home national players time won
I don't think it's ever a good thing when coaches or players get booed from the home crowd, that's never something that is positive. As far as me getting cheers, that's happened for a long time there...that's my alma mater, that's where I played, I won a national championship there.
conference undefeated
And here they are, going into conference undefeated again.
ethic goes man obviously played special work
There's obviously a work ethic that goes into it. (Brunner) is a very special big man who has played here.
anxiety basketball brink feeling games good knowing maybe needed nerves pressure seems team ten winning year
Maybe your anxiety and nerves are different. Every year it seems we're on the brink and not knowing how many games we had to win or in '01 knowing we needed to win all of them to get in. It's a different feeling this year. There's the pressure that we think we're a pretty good basketball team and winning one of the two Big Ten championships is out there.
mark plays second team
In the second half, we made the plays we had to make. That's been the mark of this team all year.
earned happen worked
They've earned it. They worked awfully hard. But there's a lot that can happen in February.
fortunate games heck home momentum pivotal regular season ten
It's two very pivotal home games for us. But if we're fortunate enough to get them, it's been one heck of a regular season and we try to get some momentum going into the Big Ten tournament.
imposed jeff
Jeff Horner has imposed his will on this tournament.
heading hopefully rest
I think he'll be okay. We can get him a lot of rest heading into the weekend. Hopefully he'll be okay.
earned great happen healthy stay sure
This is a great start. They (players) have earned it. But there is a lot that can happen in February. We've got to make sure we stay healthy and keep getting better.
concern help lead loss minutes team understand
It's two minutes after the game. I put everything into this and these kids. We're so focused. That's where my concern has been, just to lead this team and help them understand a loss like this.
sit
He's going to sit out this weekend. It's kind of a wait?and?see.