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...
air almost bubble cincinnati deserved east eight ended five force four gotten itself kicked last pick state supposed syracuse teams three utah west winning won
I thought they were supposed to pick teams, not conferences. Last year, the Big West got two (berths) because we deserved to go and Utah State won the tournament. This year, they were almost over fair. Utah State and Air Force had to be bubble teams, and if you have four or five bubble teams, you pick two and two or three don't get in. Cincinnati should have gotten in, but Syracuse ended up winning the (Big East) tournament. The Big East still got eight teams in. Cincinnati kicked itself out.
good players
There are always good players out there. You just have to be in the right place at the right time.
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.
care fairness karl taking
I think Karl Benson is really taking care of his guys, and I think there has to be more fairness in the way this is done.