Steve McClain
Steve McClain
Steve McClainis the men's head basketball coach at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He had spent the previous five seasons on the staff of the Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team...
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I know that in this business, as head coach I am measured, ultimately, by wins and losses. I was very proud of our players and what we accomplished last week. I have never doubted my ability to coach and lead the Cowboys successfully. I know how hard our coaches and players have worked for this program.
compared might people tapes watch
Our world's a little different because we can get so many tapes on people compared to high-school and junior-college. Every one of the teams, you might have about 14-15 tapes you've got to watch and know everything about them.
challenge hope kicks
I hope he kicks his butt all night. That's a challenge -- he's going to have to come up to it.
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I thought he had a clean look. I knew where Brad (Jones) was going there (with the pass) because Freddy Robinson, I think, was standing in front of him ready to take a charge.
earned played
They played well, and they earned their time.
holding lack people work
The big thing holding us back is the lack of rigs and the lack of people to work on them,
spread vegas
Give Vegas credit. They spread us out and executed.
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I've always enjoyed the challenge of playing them. I've been lucky. My assistant John Adams has (been) the scout for them since Day 1, and we don't fear playing them.
everybody excited feeling hopefully learned start
I think everybody will start (tonight) feeling like you got through the preseason, hopefully you learned some things, hopefully you learned some things. Now, it's the start of another 16-game season, and I think everybody's excited about it.
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They're just out there competing. They're challenging each other. This group isn't afraid to get in each other's faces and if you can't take that, you can't play. Justin's a senior. He's trying to win games on his way out. He makes that point to a lot of people.
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Our kids got a little excited during that stretch of the game and didn't really take care of the ball. But I have a lot of faith in my guards and I think they settled down after that.
carry good guys needed offense tonight
Were we as good defensively as we needed to be? No. But tonight should have been a night where our offense was good enough to carry us. We didn't get enough from our big guys to carry us.
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We gave him 10 points early in the game and after that we did a good job on him. He's a good player. You can't discredit what he did.
calling fire
We'll see if I can fire him up on Wednesday, how about that? Are you calling him a kinder, gentler Ritchie?