Dave Odom
Dave Odom
George David "Dave" Odomis a retired American men's college basketball coach, who most recently coached at the University of South Carolina. He had previously held the same position at East Carolina University and Wake Forest University, and was an assistant coach at the University of Virginia...
argue country might needed team win
Some might say there was a team in the country that needed a win like this more than we did. I would argue that.
chance needed team win
We needed a shakeup; we needed a change; we needed a different slant. I thought our team had a chance to win the game. I really did.
anywhere capable country deals needed ours team type win
I can't think of a team that needed that type win more than ours did anywhere in the country tonight. It's one of those deals where you just feel like you're capable of doing something special, but you haven't done it yet.
played stood
We stood up to the challenge. We played very well. We did not play well enough to win.
above certainly deserves involved last memory obstacles overcame proud remain team week
Our team overcame more obstacles last week than any team in my memory that I've been involved with. To have our team remain above all that and play as well as they did and win, I think our team deserves a lot of credit. They certainly have every right to be proud of what they have accomplished up to date.
hard knew matter opening past practiced ready start starting today
Renaldo knew going into today that he wasn't going to start but when the opening came, he was ready. He was ready because he practiced hard the past two days. Starting or not starting doesn't matter to Renaldo. He was ready regardless.
left week
It doesn't look like it, but I think I've got one more week left in me. What a week that was, no question.
against defensive fun game loose nervous night offensive playing team tuesday types won
I was very, very nervous about the game because we had so much fun playing Tuesday night against Louisville. Fun as in we won in a kind of loose fashion. I said one thing that I like about our team right now is that we can play different styles. We can play different types of games. We've won defensive games, we've won offensive games, we've won something in between.
along bit confirmed hoping later might somewhere
That confirmed what I thought might happen. They were much more physical. Somewhere along the way we were going to be exposed. I was hoping it would be a little bit later (in the season).
college guess low michigan points score stop style styles wants whether
I think we know how Michigan wants to play style-wise, but can we stop them - I don't know. In college basketball, it is always about style and how styles contrast. My guess is that it is going to be low scoring. We are not going to give up a lot of points. Whether we score enough points to win, I don't know.
against coaches game given great playing speaks tonight truly volumes win
We couldn't play any better tonight than we played. You can always do something better, but given it's a championship-level game against truly one of the great coaches and he's playing in his hometown, to be able to win that game speaks volumes about our team.
efforts finished finishing games great
We've had great efforts that has not been a problem. Finishing games has been. We finished tonight.
bench difference guy lurks trouble
We're really right where we were at most of the year. The difference being, when trouble comes, and it will, we don't have a bench to go to if the trouble lurks in the post. We don't have a big guy to go to.
games proud themselves three total turned wins
Three games going now we've turned it over a total of 22 times. As much as anything other than the wins themselves I'm very proud of that.