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...
earned played
They played well, and they earned their time.
assistant challenge enjoyed fear john playing scout since
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.
brad clean freddy front knew ready standing
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.
holding lack people work
The big thing holding us back is the lack of rigs and the lack of people to work on them,
discredit early game gave good job points
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?
ball chance defense kept shooting struggled win
We struggled shooting the ball but our defense kept us where we had a chance to win the game. That's kind of been our trademark.
afraid air answer best change eight force grasp guys hard ike played practice
We've never been afraid to change our lineup for the Air Force game. When practice is over after two days, I'll go, 'These eight guys have the best grasp of what we have to do.' It'll be hard not to (change) because Ross and Ike have played well, but I don't know. I can't answer that right now.