Craig Smith
Craig Smith
Craig Smithis an American professional basketball player. He recently played for Ironi Nes Ziona of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. After playing at Boston College from 2002–2006, he was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2006 NBA draft...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth10 November 1983
CityInglewood, CA
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It was bothering us. It (stinks) not to have a win in your conference.
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They compacted it a little bit to slow us down. But that just gave more room for our guards to shoot.
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They wanted to come in here and send a message that we're in the ACC now and they whooped our butts. They showed no mercy. They really poured it on and we didn't respond.
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The fact that so many people were here, so early, is amazing. It's a real confidence boost to know that we will have a legitimate home court advantage with such a strong student section.
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The process could take two or three days. If there were mistakes, we had to start over. Our system was antiquated. We have nine different schools with approximately 15 different departments. There were multiple ID templates floating around.
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There are very deep concerns in the oil complex that the terrorists will now reset their targets on the oil complex, thus disrupting the flow of oil to the free world. That has probably cost oil a $15 premium right there.
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We're finally jelling. It took us a while, but better to have a fall in the beginning than in the end.
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We're still just a bunch of guys who love to sail.
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We've got guys who can do lot of different things.
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We've watched three of their games on film. They play in a very good league and finished second. Their 6-foot-9 kid (Ronald Wright) leads the country in blocked shots. They have great size and they're an excellent shooting team.
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When you try to do everything you can and still come up with an 'L,' you feel bad. Some bad shots near the end hurt us.
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We were in a rhythm. We wanted to come out and be the aggressors for once and bring it to the other team, and we did.
sit
We let them back in it. We can't sit back and relax.
last position
We know what to do and what not to do because of last year. That's why we're in this position right now.