Gary Waters
Gary Waters
Gary Steven Watersis an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at Cleveland State University. Waters was named the 14th head basketball coach at Cleveland State University on April 6, 2006. Gary S. Waters is a Detroit, Michigan native and a 1969 graduate of Mackenzie High School; he is also a member of the Ferris State University Hall of Fame. He previously coached at Rutgers University, guiding the Scarlet Knights to the NIT tournament final in...
believed felt hard last practiced talked
No, I believed it. I just felt we made rebounding an emphasis. Last year, I mean, we talked about it and practiced it, but now we go after it hard every day in practice.
great happened home stranger surprised venue
I was surprised by the seeding and not getting a home game. But, hey, stranger things have happened to me this year. I'm disappointed because we have a great venue at Rutgers.
gone helped played
McNamara would've helped them, but I don't know how much he would've helped them. I can't say because he was gone that we were better, because they played like a team.
helped played
McNamara would have helped them, but I don't know how much. They played like a team.
five focus four intentions next
My intentions are to focus on the next four or five games.
goals madison square
One of our goals was to get to Madison Square Garden. Our goals have not changed.
action chance next plan year
The plan is in action. First year I wanted to get to .500. The next year a NIT berth. This year we have a chance at 17 or 18 wins. The plan is in action.
follow gotta lead maturity talk
I had a talk with Quincy. I told him ?You gotta lead this team. They follow your lead.? And he responded. This showed his maturity and his leadership.
ability best guard hate hurts point pressure team waste
I hate to waste the ability of our point guard because he's the best pressure guard out there. It hurts our team if we don't have that pressure.
execute late
We've got to execute defensively late in games. That's what's killed us.
game gave opportunity taking whitney
Without taking him away you don't have an opportunity. Our game plan, to take Whitney away, gave us an opportunity with this team.
changes guards guys improved philosophy reason team
The reason I feel we're a better rebounding team is we're more athletic. That changes the whole philosophy of things. And all our guys rebound; our guards get after it and our big guys have improved in that area, too.
equation game great phenomenal plan room shut
We had a great game plan of who we wanted to shut down. But the one we didn't have room for in our equation was Lowry. He had a phenomenal game. A phenomenal game.
court dominated kids shooting situations team time understand
This was the first time we dominated a team with Quincy not shooting well. These kids now understand what to do on the court in situations and they'll compete.