Herb Sendek
Herb Sendek
Herbert Joseph Sendekis an American college basketball coach and the current men's basketball coach at Santa Clara...
hit shots
We just never got a run, never hit back-to-back shots to give us anything so that we could get back in the door.
fortunate kept run shots trading
It was very back-and-forth all game. We just kept trading shots and we were fortunate to have one more run in us.
cal emotional great shot tough win
It was a tough way to lose, a hard-fought and very emotional game. And it was a great shot by Cal to win it.
capacity claim drive effective either goes great low shot terrific time tremendous
He's just a tremendous presence. He has terrific hands, and as effective as he is in the low post, he's just as effective off the lane, at the elbow. He really has a great capacity to drive the basketball. And every time a shot goes up on either end of the floor, he has a claim to it.
far foot hit seemingly shots
We were just too far down to get off the mat. We just never got on a run. We never seemingly hit back-to-back shots or did anything that kind of got us where we could get one foot back in the door.
arm crowd gave home shot
I thought our crowd was terrific. I thought that really gave us a shot in the arm down the home stretch.
hard preparing shots time
He made some big shots off their bench. We had a hard enough time preparing for this. He just made it more challenging.
mental reflection shot
Just a big shot -- a reflection of his mental toughness.
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.