Jim Calhoun
Jim Calhoun
James A. Calhoun is the former head coach of the University of Connecticut men's basketball team. His teams won three NCAA national championships, played in four Final Fours, won the 1988 NIT title, and seven Big East tournament championships. With his team's 2011 NCAA title win, the 68-year-old Calhoun became the oldest coach to win a Division I men's basketball title. He won his 800th game in 2009 and finished his career with 873 victories, ranking 12th all-time as of...
basketball competition display fortunate fought games gave gone incredible involved possibly quite teams
Well, 1,100 basketball games I've been fortunate to be involved with (and) I've never been quite involved with something like that. It was just an incredible game fought by two teams who gave it everything they possibly have. And I don't know if the teams could have gone another minute. I thought it was an incredible display of what competition is all about.
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We know they run. We know they have three or four good players. Within the next hour or so, I think I'll know them a lot better.
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We know they have a very good defensive team. We know they hung tough against Villanova. We're looking forward to going down there and not having a letdown. We have much bigger fish to fry.
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We aren't overrated, we are misconstrued. We've got three big players and two wings but only one guard (Williams). We have to be able to create for others and we only have one guy that can do it.
bad possible
We made every possible bad play that we could, and that has a lot to do with Washington.
seen stayed watch
We have not seen each other as a group, I didn't watch any of the games. I just kind of stayed away, did things with my wife, shopping.
couple defense past played weeks
We haven't played defense really well the past couple of weeks and that was just highlighted there.
people problem trying
The problem is trying to encapsulate 38 years of your life, of everything that has happened, the ups, the downs, the people involved,
daring execution says team trying
We have weaknesses; we know that. So we have to become an execution team, particularly on a team that comes up and ball-pressures us, a team that says 'beat me off the dribble.' And you can, but they're daring you and trying to take you out of your offense.
attack games moderate past six success
We just didn't have any idea who each other was or how to attack this zone. In the past two years we've had six games with Syracuse. And we've had moderate success in that time.
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The ability to take somebody off the bounce is incredibly important. It's really tough to defend a guy who can go by you.
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We've got to take away 3-point shooting and not get fatigued by the shot clock. They make as many shots under 12 seconds as any team you're going to play.
april holding impossible
What we want to do is come back here in April holding up a trophy. But we're going to need your help. This has got to be an impossible place to play.
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He's a four-year stay. He's been involved with championships and a national championship. He's made as many big three-pointers as any kid I've ever had. ... Rashad clearly has been a special player for us. He's a special kid.