Brad Soderberg
Brad Soderberg
Bradley William Soderbergis a men's college basketball coach, currently an assistant coach for the University of Virginia Cavaliers. Soderberg was previously head coach at Lindenwood University, Saint Louis University, South Dakota State University, Loras College, and an interim head coach at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He is married to Linda. They have a daughter, Daley, and two sons, Kramer and Davis...
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Not surprised. He's a Big Ten veteran. Those are the kinds of guys you build programs around.
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That has to be the No. 1 point of discussion when the A-10 coaches get together after the season.
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The bottom line is, we didn't make shots. It's just disappointing that we played as well as we did defensively, and yet it's a 10-point loss. And we missed free throws. It's just not good enough if you want to beat good teams. You've got to play complete basketball, not just defend, not just rebound, it's got to be complete. We're either going to get it or we're going to continue to be a .500 team. We're either going to figure it out or remain an average program.
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A year ago, we were struggling for survival. At least now, we can dream a little bigger.
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That's not the way we scripted the game to start. It just snowballed from there. One of the keys was for us to shoot the ball well early so we didn't have that self-perpetuating problem. This has happened to us before where we get off to a poor shooting start, and we really have a hard time turning the tide.
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That's how it's been for us. It's been unbelievable. We've literally won and lost for 19 straight games (dating to last season). The good news is last year I would have died for that. The bad news is that we can't get on a winning streak.
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Not at all. He's a Big Ten veteran.
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I want to establish quality on both ends of the floor. It's very important going into the conference tournament that we're not just good on offense, but also good on defense. We have to have a better defensive conversion (from offense to defense), we need to take care of the ball. I need to see a complete performance.
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It's the craziest thing I've ever been around. I've never been on a team, coach or player, where this has happened. I just hope we can take the positives to Rhode Island and see if we can play good basketball again.
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It makes a statement we're serious about becoming a player on the national level. I would have liked it to have been done two years ago, but that's OK. We can finally say we're going to have a groundbreaking ceremony. I'm so excited.
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I told Ian when he left last summer that he had to come back ready to be the centerpiece of our offense. He not only wanted it, but he came back here to do it.
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It's an unfortunate way to end the season. We had a rough 10-day stretch here to end it. But such is life. We move on from here.
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This is who we are. We've established ourselves as a defensive team, but our offense comes and goes. We missed a lot of open shots in the second half. We have to find a way to pull those out.
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They're in a little slump right now. That affects a lot of things. I've been in Sean's situation, and he's got his hands full for the rest of the year, just to keep his kids feeling confident in their abilities. He has to really work to keep the kids engaged, because he's got talent there. Those kids are gifted.