Dave Leitao
Dave Leitao
Dave Leitaois an American men's basketball coach who is currently the head coach at DePaul University, his second tenure with the school after leading the Blue Demons from 2002–2005. He has previously been the head coach of the Maine Red Claws of the NBA Development League, the University of Virginia and Northeastern University. He was named the 2006–07 Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year by the Associated Press, but finished at 10th and 11th place in the conference during...
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He is being evaluated. He fell on his head and hit it pretty good.
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We're going to show you what will forever be called Wahoo Basketball. We're going to create the most exciting basketball the ACC has seen.
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What he is doing this season, I think all of us - players, coaches and media - should really savor. He's having a season for the ages. ... We all need to sit back and admire it because it won't happen for a long time after this.
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We didn't box out. I don't remember seeing somebody saying, 'That was a heck of a box out.' We didn't go after it. We were the less aggressive team on the backboards today.
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I'm saying the same things I was earlier in the year. I just think now they're understanding it more.
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In the beginning stages, (we need) wins like this to legitimize what I yell and scream about at practice every day. I'm proud of the way we toughed it out.
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That's what you want a guy to do. He cares a lot about this. It means a lot to him. When he hasn't done something well, he's been able to respond positively.
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Is he a long-term answer? I don't know. But somewhere along the line, we're going to need him to do things like that.
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It's a little bit of a touchy subject; if perimeter players have a better chance of making a shot, getting them to pass it up.
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There were some key moments in the first four or five minutes when they got to a couple of loose balls or got some offensive rebounds when you could see we were a step slow.
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If he feels better, we'll take the next step. ... You've got to be very careful.
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The game got away from us very early. We had talked about how the first five to ten minutes of the game would be critical because that is when you have the opportunity to not only keep all the outside factors out of the game, but also to get them back on their heels -? to establish in your mind and their mind that we are here to play. Obviously, we did not do that.