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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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.
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They've earned it. They worked awfully hard. But there's a lot that can happen in February.
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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.
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Fans will see intense basketball and competitive games. It will be a great prelude to what will happen in the national tournament.
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The staff really worked hard at trying to get (players) to forget about what happened Saturday. The seniors then did the rest.
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A lot of times, those upsets happen when you don't have a veteran team. We've got to hope that experience helps us.
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I think it's great. You never like to lose. But I think because of the loss, the guys know what they have to do. There is more sense of an urgency. They've been unified the whole time. But I sense more excitement and enthusiasm over the weekend than any kind of pressure.
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It's a tremendous win for our program. We're in the midst of a special journey. We're trying to win something. It's going to be an incredible battle, but this was a big hurdle.
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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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I think the majority of the players who leave early aren't successful. You have more failure stories than success stories with that, but that's the nature of our game right now.
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He's fine. If he had to play today, he would probably have to tape it and go. But he's going to be 100 percent by Friday.
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I think we are a better defending team. I still think we have a long way to go and we have done a lot of improvement in that area. That is exciting because I think we have done a pretty good job through 17 games. All-in-all it has been a great team effort in the defensive end.
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It's totally wrong to say they don't like to run,
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Jabari Parker is one of the best, if not the best, I've seen on tape. He's so hard to guard. You've got to guard from 23 feet. He can shoot it, or he can go one-on-one from there. He can post. He's so fast and long.