Brad Holland
Brad Holland
John Bradley "Brad" Hollandis a retired American professional basketball player. He played for four years at UCLAand was the 14th player taken in the first round of the 1979 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Lakers. He served as a member of the 1980 NBA L.A. Lakers championship team. He was the University of San Diego head basketball coach until March 2007. On April 25, 2007, he was named as one of three finalists to become the new head coach...
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ProfessionArtist
CountryUnited States of America
finishing fourth lead plus third win
Win and we have a two-game lead plus the (head-to-head) tiebreaker. Obviously, finishing third or fourth and getting the bye is important.
closed ourselves position win
We put ourselves in position to win the game, and we closed out an opponent.
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I didn't want to go to college - I was bored by junior high. So I was in church one day, staring at the stained glass windows and thinking about things, when suddenly I decided that if I could start selling cartoons to magazines, they'd let me quit high school.
earn four games job lost regular row season straight win
We're ecstatic. We lost four in a row at the end of the regular season and we've done an outstanding job to win two straight games here to earn the right to play Gonzaga. And . ... . we . ... . are . ... . excited.
blowing free gave offensive time wind
This is not what I envisioned. Obviously, with the wind blowing it was not going to be an offensive day. The only time it could be is if you gave free passes.
except proud team tonight win
I couldn't be more proud of our team and how we competed in this tournament. We did everything tonight except win the game.
certainly conference fantastic last night playing saint senior spoiled team year
Saint Mary's spoiled Senior Night last year when they had a fantastic team. This year, they're a team that is certainly playing better than they were the first part of the conference season.
promise
Ross got fouled, I promise you that. Oh, he got fouled, and it wasn't called.
brain bruce commitment cooper corey defender fell finding grew love michael niche pick player stage watching
Corey is a better defender at this stage than Bruce was, but it's all about finding your niche in the NBA. The Spurs fell in love with Bruce because of his commitment to defense. Bruce grew up watching Michael Cooper play for the Lakers, and he used to pick my brain about what kind of player Cooper was.
certainly fans lost motivation players polls shocked
Considering what we lost on the mound, I am not shocked with where we are picked. The preseason polls are more for the fans than anything, but our players can certainly use them as motivation during the season.
adversity double five good guys overcame proud shared
That's what I am really proud about. We really overcame some adversity. I thought we came up here and did what we wanted to do. I thought we had good balance. We had five guys in double figures, and we shared the ball.
ball good
We just couldn't put the ball through the net. We had good looks.
great held played unheard
We played great defense. We held Gonzaga to 64 points. That's unheard of.
came indicate kept pitching played score staff though
We played better today, even though the score does not indicate it. Jared (Jennings) really came in and kept us in the game. Right now, we have to find a way to get our pitching staff some confidence.