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
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They outworked us; they out-toughed us in every phase of the game, and we got what we deserved.
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We just shot it better than they did. They're a good team, and I feel awfully fortunate to beat them twice.
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We're disappointed we're not in the NCAA tournament, knowing that one or two games was the difference. That really makes you disappointed. But our program will never be at the point where we can look our noses down at the NIT.
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We wanted him to play. We thought we had a chance to have a decent team, and we knew he was a big part of it.
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Brian has been ready for this opportunity for a long time. He's always done an outstanding job for me at Creighton, Kansas State and Marshall. Obviously I'd like to keep him with me, but in this business you realize that everyone's time comes to step up to that next level, and I really think it's time for Brian.
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We've gone through years where we've had really good teams at the top, but I'm not sure we've had a balance of six teams like this year. I'm not sure we have one great team, but we have six really good teams.
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We've won some games we shouldn't. We probably lost some games we should've won. We just need to focus on getting better. If a few weeks down the line we're still in the hunt, we can talk about it later. But it's too early for our team to be talking about anything like that.
fighting toughness
I thought we showed a lot of resiliency and toughness in fighting back. We were in trouble, obviously.
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.
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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.
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He misses playing. He prepared really hard for his senior year. It has been tough on him.
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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.
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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.
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When we have an opportunity to play the larger schools, they see the difference is just not there. Basketball is a home-and-road sport and, traditionally, the big schools have always played at home. Now when the smaller schools get them on a neutral court, the gap is not what the public perceives it to be.