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...
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This whole idea of David and Goliath is a real natural thing to root for the underdog. The charm of this tournament is every single night, we're all surprised by the things that happen.
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We knew the schedule put before us was a little different than normal. Nevertheless, we passed every test. We'll get a much better look when we play people who are as big, strong and talented as we are.
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We thought he was stiffening up. I was happy with his play. He did a nice job for us.
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To return to Springfield under these circumstances...it's overwhelming. It made me for once in my life really look at the past. Clearly this is the highlight of my career.
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We're the attacker. Quinnipiac was today and I give them all kinds of credit.
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With about 10 minutes to go we finally started to play basketball,
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We really caught them off guard. I can see it on the tape that they just didn't expect us to be as good as we were.
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We will go home to Storrs later this afternoon. I will be upset when I get to my house. Tonight will be painful. Friday will be painful. I will never speak again about anything specifically from the game. I will talk very often about how we all felt after it was over.
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We lead the country in field-goal percentage defense at 37 (percent) coming in. We average 9.6 blocked shots per game. All those numbers would tell you that we did not do the things that we're capable of doing.
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We're trying to put pressure on Craig ? and I mean positive pressure ? and give him the reinforcement that he needs to take a few chances. You can't make good plays unless you make a few mistakes.
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We're trying to give him a lot of reinforcement, tell him to take a couple of chances, make a few mistakes, because you can't make good plays unless you make a few mistakes. Craig becomes more important down the stretch.
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You have living proof of his maturity. There are so many times when guys feel like lashing back out at people. Since he felt he was the one who made the mistake, there was no sense lashing out at anybody. ... How he handled it showed me that he was more than ready.
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We've played in spurts, not always a full 40 minutes.
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We?d be foolish not to get the ball inside anytime we can.