Jeff Jones
Jeff Jones
Basketball coach who led the University of Virginia to an ACC regular season title in 1995 and won several Patriot League championships with American University.
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth29 June 1960
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If Derrick was struggling, maybe it would be an excuse. But he?s been one of our consistent players. We need some of our more experienced players to step up.
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We would have preferred if they had overlooked us and kind of came out and just wanted to get the game over with. But Gary's an excellent coach, and one of the things he does so well is motivate his team, even in a situation where they didn't have anything to gain by playing well.
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We've cut down on turnovers. We had a problem turning the ball over at the beginning of the season, We were averaging about 19 turnovers at the beginning of the season and we're now down to 15 to 16 turnovers. So that's a major improvement.
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This was a very good defensive effort, one of our best of the season. A big key for us was playing pressure defense that forced turnovers that we could convert into easy baskets.
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We've played pretty well the last couple of weeks. If we go out and play as well as we have, I will be happy. I am not promising a regional championship, but this is something we can build on for the future.
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We have to deliver or be left behind.
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We've had a habit of coming out of the gate slowly in a number of games. It's something we've tried to address and will continue to address. But Maryland just came at us tonight. You've got to weather that early barrage, but we weren't able to.
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Basically, what it means is we have a jobs to housing imbalance in the area,
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(Municipal Auditorium) is a different setting from what we are used to playing in, since we play mostly in small gyms. I just want the guys to get accustomed to playing in a different environment.
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Right at the beginning of the second half, we had a couple of guys that come out looking lethargic. Maybe we need to look at our first-half warm-up.
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LSU-Shreveport is a very good team. They have a first-team All-American and they have very good guards. We just have to be focused and play our best game.
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Pierce is the story of the game. He sets the standard for this team and his effort pushes this team along.
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I'm so excited for the seniors to get a chance to get back to Kansas City. The guys have worked hard all year long and I'm so proud of them.