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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They're going to utilize their quickness the best they can. We're going to try to use our size as much as we can. Certainly that makes for a very interesting battle. My guys' concern is getting the ball inside. If we get the ball inside, we'll be successful.
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They're going to utilize their quickness as best they can. We're going to try to use our size as best we can. That makes it a very interesting battle.
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They're faster, quicker. Are they better? It's hard to convince me of that after the way Padgett played against us.
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They're a good basketball team. They're going to be very tough out in their league. We gave up 24 points in a very short period of time.
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That's something that should never happen. We've built too much up over the years for something like that to happen.
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That's something you really have a difficult time answering in the sense that you can't get inside the team's mind.
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It's nice for the team. On this particular team I would have to sit down (and figure out) who our MVP is, who I would put on the first team, who I wouldn't put on the first team.
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It's something they probably never imagined. We've imagined it, and we've done it. They could never have imagined it.
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It's something they probably couldn't have imagined. There is joy in Fairfield County, I'm sure.
Every one of those threes were like daggers.
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Everyone praised us, ... It was, 'They stuck around.'
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Everyone else is going to try and figure out a way to beat us. I just hope we don't find a way to beat us.
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Everybody's talking about how many teams we'll send. Let's see if we can get out of the league first. My greatest fear is that we might beat ourselves up so much that records won't be indicative of how truly good a team is.
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The biggest thing I'm waiting for is a 40-minute game.