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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All those numbers will tell you that we did not do what we are capable of doing. We have to accentuate what we do well.
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All of a sudden the game changed when Jeff Adrien got in it. That was something for a freshman to express his emotion the way he did.
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The game was allowed to be physical on the outside through double teams, that's just the way the game evolved. Inside, we would have been fine with that.
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The game has taken me back to Springfield and I am so deeply honored and humbled to be in such a sacred place.
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The game changes when Jeff comes in. When he got a rebound, nobody was going try and grab it away from him.
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The game became much more physical than I would like to have seen. It reminded me of a Big East game probably back in the early '90s.
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The first two or three passes should be used to spread the defense. Then you have a better opportunity for entry passes, because the post players will replace the back of the zone.
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The college game is controlled by guards, has been and will be. You guys are going to try to name all the great big men who have carried their teams to Final Fours recently. You're not going to come up with any. You're going to come up with teams that are dominated by good inside play and terrific guard play. In the college game, guys that control the ball control the game.
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The first Big East meeting I went to there was P.J. Carlesimo (Seton Hall), John Thompson (Georgetown), Louie Carnesecca (St. John's), Rick Pitino (Providence), Jim Boeheim, Jimmy O'Brien (Boston College) and Rollie Massimino (Villanova). That's what we faced when we came to the Big East. That coaching array alone I think made the Big East very special.
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The first 10, 15, 18 minutes we were really special, the kind of team I know we can be. I actually think we're getting better.
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The heart of Denham, the will of Denham ...
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The difference between the two teams, quite frankly, was we're a little more athletic and a little more experienced. That's what it came down to.
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Am I finding a team with more resolve and more focus? Yeah. No question. You don't need 100 tough guys. You don't need 100 warriors. You need a couple leaders that can get you that. It becomes contagious.
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You can?t predict this thing ... two, three, four all gone. How do you predict these things? The whole idea that No. 1 gets the easy route ... there are no easy routes. Those teams at 16 are really good, and they have incredible desire to win. By the time you get to 8-9, you?re facing really good teams.