Frank Haith
Frank Haith
Frank James Haith, Jr.is the men's basketball head coach for the Tulsa Golden Hurricane. Haith had previously been the head coach at the University of Miami and the University of Missouri...
couple fault given plays stretch
We had a couple of plays down the stretch that we botched up that could've given us a better chance. But I can't fault our guys' effort, how they competed.
couple finish kept plays
We just kept going to him. He made plays. He had a couple plays where he got in the paint, and he was able to finish and take a hit.
couple emphasize finished losses worked
We've started well. We really wanted to emphasize how we started ballgames. And we finished well. A couple losses we've had, that's been something we haven't done very good. ... We've really worked on our late-game situations.
couple duke effort fault given needed played plays proud stretch
I was proud of our team's effort. There were a couple of plays that I thought we botched there at the end that could've given us a better chance. But, I can't fault our guys' effort and how they competed. Duke played well down the stretch when they needed to and J.J. made all of the big plays.
bumped concern conscious couple definitely floor great job last tremendous
He's on a roll. He's a tremendous concern of ours. His play has definitely bumped up in the last couple of games, and we've got to do a great job on him. ... You have to be conscious of where he's at on the floor at all times because he's got tremendous anticipation.
bottle couple happen hit kids nose providence situations time water
I've had a couple of those situations happen before to my teams. One time at Providence one of my kids got hit by a bottle of water and got his nose broken.
five four games
We've got to find a way. It's been this way for four to five games now.
full games good kept kids knew needed understand win
We kept stressing to our kids to understand where we're at. We didn't win some of those (previous) games on the road, but we knew we could play better. We were not at full strength. We knew there were still a lot of games to be played. But we needed a good win to give them that confidence.
bottom finish games mentally players stepped tough
We're not mentally tough enough to finish games right now, and that's the problem. Their players ... stepped up when the game was on the line. That's the bottom line.
book bothered chance name senior sure
We didn't get his name in the book on Senior Day. He didn't start, and it really bothered me. I wanted to make sure he had a chance to start.
hit
Those threes hurt. They hit them back to back to back.
bad character decisions dug ourselves
We just dug ourselves too big a hole. We made some bad decisions and got out of character a little bit.
everybody ourselves ready
Everybody is disappointed, but we've got to get ourselves emotionally ready to come back.
good north played road rough
We had a rough start. ... but we played a really good schedule. Going into North Carolina, we had been on the road a lot. That helped.