Herb Sendek
Herb Sendek
Herbert Joseph Sendekis an American college basketball coach and the current men's basketball coach at Santa Clara...
advantage certainly challenge extra game great win
It's certainly an advantage if you don't have to play an extra game. To win any one game is a great challenge in our league.
attention basketball challenge drawn enjoyed fact heck next patch played prepare regroup rest team tough tournament
We've had a tough patch here at the end of the year, and a lot of attention has been drawn to that part of our season. I don't want that to take away from the fact that this team has played outstanding basketball and really enjoyed a heck of a season. Our challenge now is to rest up a little bit, regroup and prepare for the tournament next week.
against assignment bit challenge defensive faced five good guys job last motion offense perhaps run second type week
They run a motion offense with five 3-point shooters on the floor, and they do a good job of spacing and screening. It will really challenge our guys to get down and guard, and perhaps have to do so for 35 second possessions. A really different type of defensive assignment than what we faced last week against Alabama, which was inside-oriented and spaced a little bit tighter.
challenge
We have had this kind of challenge here before.
challenge crowd difference gave half second stepped support
I think the difference in the second half was just being here at the RBC Center. The crowd really stepped up to the challenge and gave us the support we needed.
mind played
I kind of played Ping Pong in my mind with what to do.
defend difficult
It's so difficult to defend them. They are so talented.
cash couple good knock liked looks nearly others situation
Each situation was different. There were a couple that we really did get some good looks and we just didn't cash them down. There were some that we didn't get nearly the look we would have liked and some others we didn't knock down.
games guys lost takes won
Everyone of those games that we've won we could have lost ... we've just had guys make plays. Our guys are doing what it takes right now.
arizona coach leap plateau program quantum similar stage struck successful trying
Not that I'm trying to put myself on the same plateau as coach Olson, but it struck me that he was very successful at Iowa, a well-established program in the Big Ten, and he made a quantum leap to Arizona at a similar stage in his career.
balanced best offense score simplify variety
The best part of our offense tonight, if you want to simplify it, is that we were able to score in a variety of ways. We have a balanced team.
adversity endure few groups grow last people season team type year
There's very few people or groups that don't have to endure some type of adversity before they grow from it. I think most every season has got that element. Last year our team responded really well.
glad sorry
I'm glad we did it. I'm sorry we didn't do it sooner.
effort great sorry
I'm sorry we didn't do it sooner. It was a great effort by our team.