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...
knock knocked performance proud team tremendous
Overall, a tremendous performance by Albany. They were magnificent, but I'm really proud that it didn't knock our team out. It knocked us down, but not out.
east games good lesson minutes regular season
Over 16 Big East regular season games, we were good. Over 29 games this season, we were good. But every game you have to show up. Today's 40 minutes are the most important 40 minutes. Our Big East season is over. Hopefully, this is a good lesson for us.
players plays terrific veteran
Our veteran players made some terrific plays down the stretch.
balls caliber fall hard hat jeff love move people
People will fall in love with Jeff Adrien. All he does is come to work, put the hard hat on, just keep getting balls off the glass. Hopefully, as we move up in caliber and size, he's still able to do that.
equally final history people watching
People were watching to see history being made but history wasn't. Albany was magnificent for 30 minutes. But we were equally magnificent for the final 10 minutes.
passed schedule
We did what we could with the schedule put before us. We passed every test.
absolutely blocking create defense executing flawed playing shots situation
When we're executing and blocking shots and playing defense and you don't get us in a situation where we have to create plays, we're absolutely terrific. But we're a flawed team.
ball coaching great pass player plays pull roy seems tough watch
When you watch Roy play, you're watching, really, from a coaching standpoint, everything you want a player to be. He can pull up and make mid-range shots. He can pass the ball. He can rebound. He plays with great composure. He seems to want the ball in tough situations.
crucial defensive five four good last necessary opponents rebounds shots stop taking win
We did things necessary to stop our opponents at crucial times and win games. Defensive rebounds and taking good shots in the last four to five minutes.
coming exactly tournament treat weekend
We're not exactly coming off a disaster, we are 27-3. We have to treat this like a weekend tournament because it is for us.
becomes chance eliminate finish game order question season soon special
We still have a chance to have a special season, there's no question in my mind. In order for us to finish up the season the way we have to, we have to eliminate some of those inconsistent moments, because pretty soon every game becomes important, and if you have an inconsistent game, you go home.
arguably coming last match physical problems size solved team
We're coming in with a team that can arguably match up with any team in the country. Hopefully, we solved some of the size and physical problems we had last year. We, at times, can be very, very big.
lose loudest nights points
Those were probably the loudest 11 points I have ever seen. Some nights you lose money; some nights you make money. Tonight, he made money.
chance good seen talk
We'll talk about that. You've seen it. And there's a pretty good chance you won't see it again.