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...
needs
He needs to be because he can be incredible.
knee needed next proof ready
He needed to get that proof that his knee was fine. He'll be ready for next week.
ask bite focus
We can have the lapses. It could come back to bite us no question. If I could ask for one thing it would be to focus for 40 minutes.
ball coaching composure nobody player roy seems tough watch
There is nobody like him. When you watch Roy play, from a coaching standpoint, he's everything you want a player to be. He has composure and seems to want the ball in tough situations.
certainly crowd kids sure team
We just have to be hungry...and this team has done that. The crowd will certainly be into it (today) and I'm sure the kids will be into it.
almost ethic gets good guy league numbers people robert superior team work
We just have superior numbers of people. Not even superior people because Robert gets them to play as well as any guy in this league. What he's done is instill, in my opinion, a work ethic that's as good as any team in our league and almost any league in the country.
asked best emerging offense people recently took watching
People have asked me a lot about Marcus and even Rudy this season. I have said that Rudy is emerging every day and we're watching something beautiful. And with Marcus, I said recently he is the best passer I've ever coached. I think he took offense because now he's had back-to-back 20-point games.
emerging people questioned simply watching wonderful
People have questioned Rudy and I have said simply that Rudy is emerging every day. You are watching something wonderful before you.
capable defense good key win
Our defense was inconsistent. The defense got us going but that wasn't the key because we let up so many times. I think it was a good win but we didn't play as well as we're capable of.
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.
capable incredibly ncaa playing teams tournament
I think all 12 teams in this tournament are capable of playing in the NCAA tournament and doing well in the NCAA tournament. That is incredibly rare.
hope time
I just hope we have enough time to recover.