Billy Gillispie
Billy Gillispie
Billy Clyde Gillispie, also known by his initials BCG and Billy Clyde, is an American college basketball coach who is the current athletic director and men's basketball head coach at Ranger College. Gillispie has previously been head coach at the UTEP, Texas A&M, Kentucky, and Texas Tech...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth7 November 1959
against chance coached emotional games national night playing record supremely team wednesday win
I think we were already in. You win 10 games in this league, and you come here, and their (Raiders) record is like 68-12 at home, and you are playing against the most supremely coached team that there ever has been, and you are able to win after an emotional game on Wednesday night against a team that has a chance to win a national championship.
against aware bit good joe learning people playing
Joe did a really good job. He's learning to make adjustments against people and he's become a little bit more aware of how some people are playing him.
against needed
We really needed that. We've had a lot of things go against us.
against days fact good magical played seemed today
I know for a fact we haven't played better than this in two years than we did today against a real, real, real good team. Some days we have played better defense, some days we have played better offense, but today was one of those magical days where everything just seemed to go right for us.
against almost bounce concern drained emotional emotions game great impossible involved major team win
After such an emotional win against such a great team (UT) in such a great setting, it's almost impossible to bounce back and get your emotions in check. It was a major concern for us. I think everyone involved in that game was probably drained today.
against basketball great history programs win winning
It's a great win for us against one of the most well-respected, winning basketball programs in the history of the game.
ncaa teams work
There are a lot of teams out there that will do well in the NCAA Tournament. But there are a lot of teams that still have work to do, and we're one of those teams.
push success
We always try to push the ball. Sometimes we just have a little more success than we do at other times.
capable great last magical program winning
We lucked out last week, but it was a magical win. It's a great program capable of winning the championship this year. We have to muster enough to be as competitive as we can.
chance meant program talking
We wouldn't be talking about having a chance to play in the postseason. And the development of this program wouldn't be where it is now. He's meant everything to us.
both credit deal either great hard loss offense played teams tough
This was a really, really tough loss for us. Both teams played hard enough to win. There wasn't a great deal of offense on either side; you credit the defenses, but it's a tough one.
attack ball bit moving reason second tried
We got a little bit better in the second half. We got the ball moving and tried to attack inside. It's the way we have to play, and it's the reason we had a chance.
backwards good harder played smarter step took whipping
We got a good whipping tonight. They played harder than us. They played much, much, much smarter than us. Give them all the credit. We took a step backwards tonight.
carries confidence guys physical trying
We just keep trying hard. We're not an imposing, physical team, but we do play very well together, and that's what carries us through. Our guys have a lot of confidence in our man-to-man defense.