Dana Altman
Dana Altman
Dana Dean Altmanis an American college basketball coach. He is the head coach of the University of Oregon Ducks men's basketball team. Previously he was head coach at Creighton, Kansas State and Marshall. Altman has won conference coach of the year awards at each school he has coached, and has led his teams to 12 appearances in the NCAA men's basketball tournament...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth16 June 1958
fighting toughness
I thought we showed a lot of resiliency and toughness in fighting back. We were in trouble, obviously.
phase
They outworked us; they out-toughed us in every phase of the game, and we got what we deserved.
deserve league won
They're going to be in (the NCAA) and deserve to be after having won our league by two games.
ended felt win
You're always disappointed but I wasn't shocked. I felt we were probably a win or two short. That's the way it ended up.
found hit
They found a way to win. They just hit some big shots.
care committee complain fine job talk teams whining
There will be no whining or complaining from us. We had our opportunity. We didn't take care of business. The committee does a fine job every year. We're not going to complain or talk about any teams that got in.
whining
There will be no whining or complaining from us.
great success summer tail worked
Anthony worked his tail off. He had a great spring, summer and fall. So he's had some success because of it.
defensive effort
I thought he did everything he could tonight. Everyone will look at his 20 points, but I thought his defensive effort was pretty good.
appreciate excuse players shown talk time worst
I talk to the players all the time about not making excuses. I'm probably the worst at making excuses. You've just got to keep going. The players have shown a lot of resiliency, and I appreciate that.
contain decent felt might opportunity zone
He's had some big games. We felt like the zone might give us the opportunity to contain him. For the most part, it did a decent job.
hard misses prepared senior tough
He misses playing. He prepared really hard for his senior year. It has been tough on him.
chance fans gives good great guys hearts home owe received support top
We're one of the top 100 teams, and this gives us a chance to keep playing. If we get a home game, our fans have been so good to us that our guys owe it to them to go out and play their hearts out just for the great support we've received all season.
chance hold points time
Any time you hold him under 10 points you have a chance to win, because he's awfully good.