Tom Penders
Tom Penders
Thomas Vincent "Tom" Pendersis a retired college basketball head coach, who last coached from 2004 through 2010 at the University of Houston. He is from Stratford, Connecticut and has a 649-437 career record. As a college athlete, Penders played both basketball and baseball for the University of Connecticut, and is one of the few players to have competed in both the NCAA Tournament as well as the College World Series...
beat great played shot
That (shot by Henderson) hurt. We played great defense, and then he just kind of flung it up there to beat the shot clock.
good surface sweet
This can be a Sweet 16 team. We're going to be really good in February. We're just scratching the surface right now.
decided pace playing quick reasonably shoot small
We decided to go small and quick and get them playing at a pace that they were uncomfortable with. Of course, you have to shoot reasonably well to set up our press.
given happy shown team
We've shown a lot of resiliency. I've been real happy with this team because we haven't given up on the season.
beat came empty house maybe rent
We have to look at this as a payback game. They came into our house ? and granted, it was an empty house ? and beat us. Maybe I'll go down there and rent some fans.
confidence himself lose normally opinion playing responsibility
In my opinion he has no confidence in himself right now. If he's playing like he normally is, we don't lose these games. That's the responsibility that comes with being a front-line player.
chasing dunk happy kept missed onto running tunnel
I really wasn't happy to see him even try to go up and dunk it. If he had missed that he, could have kept on running up the tunnel and out onto Cullen Boulevard. because I would have been chasing him.
committee final five giant guy later lewis pick ranked recruiting retired school since sleeping sort teams tends
Being ranked is important for recruiting and credibility and later on when they pick teams in March, the committee tends to look at that as some sort of barometer. It's a sleeping giant here. It's been down since Guy Lewis retired in 1986, but it's a tradition-rich school with five Final Fours and banners all over the place.
cost officials realize technical until
I didn't even realize they called a technical on me until I was told later. That's absurd, that's all I can say. But I'm not going to say that the officials cost us the game.
build create easy force regular run style teams trying
That's our game. Pressure. Try to create some easy buckets. That's what we're trying to build here first. That's the foundation. It's a different style and it is not conservative. We try to force teams not to run their regular stuff.
chance fans good meet players
It's a good chance for fans to come and meet the players and get to know them a little bit. And it's also a chance for the players to meet the fans, which is always a good thing.
forward hang head looking
You can't hang your head when things go bad. This is when you have to claw back. We're going forward from here, not looking back.
huge
I think it's huge for the league. We still feel we're still at least a three-bid league.
coaching control defensive game ran team until
I thought we were in control of the game until we ran out of bodies. I've been coaching for 32 years, and I've never had a better defensive team than this.