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
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We were very fortunate to grind out a win. We got it the way we won a lot of games this year, with our defense.
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I woke up and I was upset. A lot of times I watch tape, and I pause it and see what's going on. That would have been a neat game to switch over and see what he's doing.
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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.
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We're going to enjoy this for 48 hours. I'm glad we don't play till Friday because playing three games of this caliber in three straight days, it gives us an extra day to get some rest.
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For whatever reason, on the road our defense has not been nearly as good as it's been at home. We're going to have to get back to that because we're really going to have to guard these last two games to give ourselves a chance.
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This was the game where we needed him to score. He took it on himself to do that. He led the team today.
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This was a big game in a lot of ways.
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Since we got back from Michigan State, we didn't just talk about Indiana. We started talking about this week. We've grouped these two games together.
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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.
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They played three games in three days. That's not easy. They don't have a real deep bench right now. We just wanted to wear on them.
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This is not a make-or-break game, but it is a game that is very important to us. It would be nice to actually have some success (on the road) before we start the Big Ten on the road next week.
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This is probably the most uptight I've been all season. Just because you wanted to win this game so bad.
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A win on the road is never easy in this league. We feel fortunate that we're sitting 3-4 (away from home in conference play) with one more game remaining on the road.
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That's Jeff. That's his mentality and his mindset. He was mad at me for the four games he sat out. He's not going to change.