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...
jeff needed
Jeff was great. It's what we needed (from him).
allowed beat good lewis thomas
That allowed Lewis and Thomas to do what they wanted. We got beat good in the post.
cannot convince minutes point shut simply theory win
My theory is simply that there is no way you should ever shut off the engine. I do play to win as much as I can, for my kids. We play to win. But I can't convince them - and I should be able to at this point - that you have to play 40 minutes to win. You can't go to sleep. You cannot go to sleep.
example
Let me give you an example with our kids. I think we could play the Celtics probably for a half.
absolutely
Marcus was magnificent and Rudy was absolutely terrific.
continue great learned miss people question shots student
Marcus made a mistake, like every other student on this campus. I don't feel there's any question that Marcus has profited. Some people miss shots and continue to miss shots because they don't learn. Marcus has learned a great deal.
games hard looks practice works
Marcus Johnson, who works very hard in our practice sessions, looks better in games than he does in practice. I like that.
anybody continues court harder johnson plays
Marcus Johnson continues to make who is going to play at that 'three' or 'two' a little more of a struggle. He plays harder than anybody else on the court just about.
ball gets people runner time
Marcus is not the scorer, but he is the runner of the team. He gets the ball to the right people in the right time at the right spots.
incredible second
Marcus had an incredible triple-double. He had an incredible first half. He didn't have an incredible second half.
experience last playing wish
I wish we were playing tonight. Especially after our experience last week.
five guy minutes saw
I saw him five minutes and said a guy who at 6-foot-10, only 190, is that quick, we've got to take a look at him.
allow battle certainly coming double factor game generally
I said coming into the game that it was going to be a battle of ... can they keep us away from the paint. And generally speaking, they were able to get us on the outside, keep us there with double teams, and certainly the way this game was called and played, it didn't allow us to be a factor in the paint.
affront along best took
I said all along that Marcus, in my opinion, is the best passer I've ever coached. I think he took an affront to that because now he's got two 20-point games.