Buzz Peterson
Buzz Peterson
Robert Bower "Buzz" Peterson, Jr.is an American college basketball coach. Most recently, Peterson was the head coach of the UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team. He was fired by UNC Wilmington at the conclusion of the 2014 season. Peterson was the head coach of the Tennessee Volunteers basketball team for four years before being fired in 2005. He previously coached a second stint at Appalachian State—he coached the 2009–10 Mountaineers, as well as the 1996 to 2000 squads. Previously, he...
believer firm games home race steal win
If we're going to get back in this race then it's going to have to come quickly. I'm a firm believer that you've got to win your home games and go steal some on the road.
game hard league seniors tennessee torn
What a game. I was torn because I wanted to see our league do well, but I also wanted to see those seniors for Tennessee win. It was hard to watch.
four game joseph moses plan takes thrown
Joseph and Moses got four fouls each. That completely takes us out of what we want to do defensively. So the game plan was thrown out right there.
environment event exciting game opportunity
You live for a game like this, for the opportunity to play in an environment like this for the right to play in the most exciting event in all of collegiate athletics.
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That was a great college basketball game there. Great environment. I told our guys, 'You live for opportunities like this, to have a chance to play in an environment and championship, the right to play in one of the most prestigious sporting events of all time, the NCAA basketball tournament.
beat fortunate heck sure twice
I'm sure it will be one heck of a battle. Winthrop again. We've been very fortunate to beat them twice in a row.
second
The second half, they showed they weren't going to go away. We do not know how to play with a big lead.
asked glad jack ncaa next player rather sure tournament
I'm glad Jack was able to get player of the year, but I'm sure if you asked him, he'd rather be going to the NCAA tournament next week.
conference continue hopefully kids people phone push
I'll be on the phone a lot. Hopefully with the push from other people and our conference these kids can continue to play.
attend building forward hard looking meetings next season
I've got a lot of meetings to attend and we're still working hard on recruiting. I'm looking forward to building on what we had going at the end of the season and see if we can't get there next year.
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That might have been the best 16 minutes we might have played this season. We did a good job on offense; we had patience. We got what we wanted.
conversation good talked
We talked about it and had a good conversation,
early everybody hit home looked offense running settled trying
Early in the year, we had everybody trying to hit home runs. Everybody was trying to do the spectacular thing, and they were making turnovers and everybody was just doing things uncharacteristic. Once we settled down ? we started running our offense and it's really looked good.
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I've been surprised to a degree by how well he's doing. But when you look at his work habits and see what a gym rat he is, you're not surprised. Jack works on all kinds of stuff. He has a friend in the gym rebounding for him all the time.