Bob Thomason
Bob Thomason
Robert Lesley "Bob" Thomason, Jr.is a retired American college basketball coach. He coached the University of the Pacific Tigers men's basketball team for 25 seasons from 1988 to 2013...
good players
There are always good players out there. You just have to be in the right place at the right time.
against beach call celebrate drove final game last morning next north pizza players saturday selection soon time tournament west wife
Last Saturday morning, the day of the game (the Big West tournament final against Long Beach State, a 78-70 victory), I get a call from my dad. My son's wife just had our first granddaughter back north (in Walnut Creek), so as soon as the game ended, I had some pizza with the players and went to bed, and the next morning at 5:30, I drove back up to see them, had to go 101 because the Grapevine was closed, and then drove to Stockton for the selection show. I haven't had time to celebrate, but I'll be able to celebrate that every day.
happy players
You just think of all the players you've coached. You're happy for them and their success, and at least you've been doing something right.
easy games played
There haven't been a lot of easy games here over the years. They've always played well here.
create problems
You have to create match-up problems somewhere. If you don't have any advantages, it's going to be a long day.
adversity beat change defense goal might rebound shoot
We know that if we play well we can beat them. Our goal is to play better than we did. We might not shoot better, but we can play defense and rebound better.
hard win worked year
We want to win this thing by ourselves. We've worked hard all year to get into this position.
basketball christmas looked needed since team tired
We just looked like a tired basketball team. We haven't had a day off since the day after Christmas, and we looked like a team that needed a break.
chances
We weren't going to take any chances with him.
deserve emotion emotions great ready week
We really didn't deserve to win. We just didn't have great emotion and we had all week to get ready for this game. I'm amazed. I thought we were going to be excited.
beat league
If they beat us, they'll probably have the league pretty well in hand.
fat picture statue
If they ever do, they've got to take my picture from about 20 years ago when I was kind of thin. I don't want a fat statue out there.
aggressive bringing consistency continues fun late mike
Mike is bringing consistency to his position. He's been a little more aggressive of late and, hopefully, it continues because it's been fun to watch.
anyone bigger concern definitely handle last match team year
Last year we could handle bigger teams. This year that's definitely a concern of mine. We had a team that could match up with anyone last year. We don't have a team like that this year.