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...
playing
This is where you want to be. You want to be playing from the top.
agree basketball culture kids leaving three whether
This is where our basketball culture stands. Whether I agree with kids leaving after two or three years really is of no consequence.
guy
This is the guy we had in Maui.
greatest honor
This is the greatest honor I could ever receive,
beat great league pittsburgh respect
This league is a bear. I have great respect for Pittsburgh. For us to go anyplace, we have to beat Pittsburgh. For Pittsburgh to go anyplace, they have to go by us.
knee second
Denham's knee was stiffening up so we didn't play him in the second half.
basketball best god guy playing roadblocks stayed thank winning
Denham is playing the best basketball of his life. This is the guy we had while winning the Maui Invitational. Denham had some roadblocks but thank God he stayed with it all season. But that's the story of this season. It's all about who can persevere.
arguably best career great performance
Denham had arguably the best performance of his career at a great time.
game thinking
And the Elvin Hayes-Jabbar game at the Astrodome, that was something I was thinking about for days.
beat gap seed
A No. 16 seed is going to beat a No. 1. The gap is closing.
excited hope kids lose respect team time won
Any team that's won 20 games, we're going to have respect for. They have nothing to lose and a lot to gain. But you know what? We have a lot to gain, too. We're really excited about it. I like this time of year. I hope my kids like it as much as I do.
respect team won
Any team that's won 20 games, we're going to have respect for.
changed duke far happy incredibly overall
As far as we're concerned, we're incredibly happy to be a No. 1 seed. Obviously, I don't think anything we did changed us from being the overall No. 1. I think it's what Duke did.
excellence fitting friend incredible maintained
As a friend and as a colleague, it's only fitting that we go in together. ... The way he's maintained excellence through all those years, Jim's had an incredible run.