Dan Monson
Dan Monson
Daniel Lloyd Monsonis an American college basketball coach, the head coach at Long Beach State since April 2007. Previously he was head coach at Minnesota for over seven seasonsreaching postseason play five times. Before coaching the Gophers, he was the head coach at Gonzaga for two seasons, the last of which leading the Zags on an improbable run to the Elite Eight...
dream country team
Every team begins the year with the goal of going to the NCAA tournament. Until somebody takes that dream away, you pursue it. The reality is, we're a long way off from being in the NCAA tournament. For us to do that is a pipe dream. But if we were to win our last four, we're 8-8 in the best conference in the country. We'd have an opportunity.
senior attitude reality
You want every senior go out like the seniors did last year having the best year of their career. But that's not reality. It's not going to work that way for everybody. But I think Moe's attitude has been fantastic.
eight last obviously
We did some better things offensively. Obviously in the last eight minutes, we reverted back a little bit.
stayed
They really stayed together, which you have to do on the road.
good happen waiting
You're waiting for something good to happen to get going, but it's a catch-22. You've got to do something to get yourself going.
environment
This is an environment where you have to come in and be focused.
character games team
I think you get in these games and you really see who your team is and what their character is.
desire focus line
I thought our seniors' focus and desire was excellent. They put it on the line today, but it just wasn't enough.
believed credit game guys plan
I think it was a real credit to our guys that they believed in the game plan and how they had to play to win.
build happiest life team
We're probably the happiest 1-6 team around. We showed a little life and got back to doing some of the things we need to do to be successful. We're not happy, but hopefully, we have something we can build off of.
games win
We've got to win some games to get some confidence.
I had that thing memorized when I was at Gonzaga.
build change create february hoping january last march mean month obviously paths skewed
They've had different paths to travel. As they try to create a legacy, I'm hoping they can build off this last month... . Obviously the month of January kind of skewed some things. But that doesn't mean the end of February and March can't change all that.
brought build create hoping last month paths travel year
They've had different paths to travel and it's been a little different; every year is different. But as they try to create a legacy, I'm hoping that they can build off of this last month of what they've brought to this program.