Jeff Judkins
Jeff Judkins
Jeffrey Reed Judkinsis a retired American professional basketball player and current head coach of the Brigham Young UniversityCougars women's basketball team, a position he has held since summer 2001 after serving as their assistant coach in 2000–01. A 6'6", 185-lb shooting guard, he played college basketball at the University of Utah from 1974 to 1978 and had a career in the NBA from 1978 to 1983. He was all-state in football, baseball as well as basketball...
classy left pull rub starters
When you're up 25 points, you pull your starters out with 1:54 left in the game. It's a classy way. You don't need to rub it in.
best depth game good inside left outside players presence rely stop team
In a three-game tournament, you can't rely on your outside game. You've got to have good players inside and you have to be able to stop people. We have the most depth and the best inside presence of any team left in the tournament.
came helped nice players win
This was a nice win for this team. We're very excited. I thought a lot of players helped us win tonight. Everyone came in and made a real nice effort.
believe great team
This was a great team effort. They believe in each other and know how to win.
confidence frame game good handle respond shown type
We've got to get our game tuned up. We need to be in a good frame of mind. We got beat, now we have to show how we'll handle it. I have a lot of confidence in this team. They've shown they respond well to that type of situation.
struggled team type
This team is young and inexperienced. They haven't been in these type of games, with this pressure. I think they struggled with that a little.
close foul found games helped people played runs situation team teams tonight
This team has played some close games like this. They've had teams make runs on them. We've had people foul out. They just found a way. That really helped us tonight ? we've been in that situation before.
believe team
This team has done it all year. They believe in each other and they don't get down, especially on the road.
game utah
We got outplayed tonight. Utah outplayed us in every part of the game. They wanted this game more.
although ball floor grateful needs oklahoma played spread wish
We're very grateful to be here, although I wish we had played better. But you have to give Oklahoma a lot of credit. They're well-coached and well-organized. They know how to spread the floor and get the ball where it needs to be.
both couple excited last successful talented team university
We're very excited to be in the tournament. We know every team there is very talented and has had successful seasons. We haven't been in for the last couple of years, so I think both the team and the university are very excited.
difficult fans far hard hopefully parents side trip
We feel like we play well here with the altitude. We hopefully will get fans here from our conference. It's not a real far trip for our fans. I've been on the other side when we've had to go way back out east, and financially it's hard to have parents and fans come. This is not a real difficult trip. We feel real comfortable here and hopefully we can play well.
coached grateful oklahoma played proud transition
We are very grateful to have come here and I am very proud of my team. Oklahoma played very good. They transition well and they are a really well coached team.
advantage coach easy focused huge likes offense outside shutting turned worry
Every coach likes turnovers because you can get easy baskets. That turned out to be a huge advantage for us tonight. On offense we didn't worry so much about the posts but focused more on shutting down the outside shots.