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...
good missed opportunity seven six
When we were up by 10-0, we missed six or seven pretty good looks. We just didn't put them away when we had the opportunity to.
came coach embraced fall hated hoping people slowly
We started slowly with attendance. Because I was a hated coach from another school, some people came hoping I would fall on my face. There were other people that embraced me.
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.
conference missouri ncaa six talking valley
I think the Missouri Valley Conference is good, but I don't know who's talking about (five or six NCAA bids) and in what bar.
pool spends time
He spends more time in the pool than on the court.
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.
crowd goodbye great seniors streak
We just have to get another streak going. We also need to have a great crowd to come out and say goodbye to our seniors on Wednesday. That's a very important night.
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.