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...
biggest flew happy mission season win
This was the biggest win of the season for us. I'm happy with our players. When we flew in here they had a mission about them and wanted to play well and they did not back down.
biggest five game
In the five years I've been here, this is the biggest game we've had. This one's kind of special.
beat biggest fallen harder seem since time win
I do think it was the biggest win of the year. At the time we beat Xavier, I thought that was the biggest win, but since they have kind of fallen on harder times, it doesn't seem as big.
error lose lucky seen shot simple smith win
We got lucky, it's as simple as that. You win some, you lose some. I've seen that shot by Smith go in many, many times, and we got lucky because we made an error in coverage.
kid time
First time I'd ever subbed a kid in and out before he played.
defending deficiency domino gets locked quit shot shots stop
Our deficiency as 3-point shooters showed up, badly. When that happens, there is a domino effect. Once we quit making our shots from the perimeter, they stop defending us. Then our No. 1 threat, which is Ian, just gets locked down. Ian did not get a shot at the basket.
against basketball free glass good high junior mattered observer outside people played road shot sound sure team throw tough turned
This will sound a little strange, but we did not play good basketball tonight. I'm sure that the outside observer will say they really played tough against a top-ranked team on the road and blah, blah, blah. We turned it over 20 times. We were not able to keep people off the glass when it mattered most. And we shot like a junior high team from the free throw line.
continue dominant effort himself post team teammates
That was a team effort to make him more forceful. His teammates had to play a part in that, to continue to look into the post every time. To Ian's credit, he re-established himself as a dominant center. He was too much for them to handle.
fire full games messing somehow stopped
That's two full games where we haven't stopped anybody. Somehow we outscored Charlotte. We didn't outscore Dayton. We're messing with fire if we think that's how we can play. We have to stop people.
based change consistency fifth guys help proves question starting totally unless
I would like it to be permanent. Unless it's absolutely, totally necessary, I'm not going to change it based on the opponent's starting lineup. I told the other guys, 'If one of you guys proves to me you should be in there, you're in there.' I think that will help our consistency a little if that fifth guy isn't a question as to who's going to be in.
feels four three win
It feels good. Not just to win three in a row, but to win four out of five.
guys life
It doesn't have a life of its own. You guys can write about it. But it's been weird.
clearly good shooting
We clearly can not be described as a good shooting team. I think that's obvious.
build guys program
Those are the kind of guys you build your program around. He's a warrior.