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...
played stood
We stood up to the challenge. We played very well. We did not play well enough to win.
death door open smaller
What that really did was open the door for us to go to the smaller lineup, which was death for (S.C. State).
guys seeing
I've been seeing it coming. In the back of my mind, we're doing the right thing by getting the big guys ready.
ball came further morris season shoot struggles time
Randolph Morris has to be more and more comfortable every time he plays. The further into the season he gets, I think he'll be better and better. The other thing is that I think a lot of Kentucky's struggles came because they did not shoot the ball the way they were capable.
believed carolina coach demanding deserve fans good mixed national powers program schedule
Every coach makes a schedule that they think is right for their team. I've always believed that the fans deserve a good schedule, and I think to be the kind of program that Carolina fans want, we've got to play a demanding schedule with some national powers mixed in.
best obviously playing teams
We are obviously playing one of the best teams in the country.
bad shoot
We didn't play bad the first half. We just did not shoot well. When you don't shoot well, you don't look good.
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.
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.
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.
awful deal greatest late means team university
To get back here and play in the world's greatest arena, this late in the season, for a university and a team who have a great deal of pride, it means an awful lot.
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.
floor game played seen
I don't know that I've seen him play a better floor game than he played tonight.