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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I am so proud of my kids and the way we took every shot that Kentucky gave us. We're trying to earn our ropes as an elite program and we're still trying to do that.
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I am so proud of my kids and the way we took every shot that Kentucky gave us. But I don't find it unusual for Kentucky, with its incredible history and a great coach like Tubby, to turn it into that kind of game.
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Certainly Hilton will come in with a lot more attention than he had before. A full 40 minutes of focus is what we?re going to need.
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I lost my dad when I was 15, ... Those were the best 15 years of my life.
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I have been a big admirer of Don Haskins for a long time. He is one of the top defensive minds in the game and he is good man, a real coach.
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Six games to go. Obviously there is significance to it.
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My greatest concern is ball-handling and getting the ball inside. If we get the ball inside, we'll be successful.
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My dad never coached me, but he was always there, ... He liked to sit out behind the center field fence.
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Maybe it was subtraction by addition. I'm not sure of anything because I'm so stunned by the way my team played.
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No. I don't buy a lot of things they say. And they, if they're smart, don't buy a lot of things I say. It's kind of mutual respect, in a perverse sort of way.
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Now 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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Neither of the two kids will be in a Connecticut uniform practicing or playing until at least the end of this semester. When they return is up to the school administration.
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Obviously, we are disappointed that Jeff will miss the game at Providence, but the rule as stated in the rule book is very clear. Other players will have to step up and make up for his absence and I have complete confidence that will happen.
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Obviously they're a tournament team. I thought they were a tournament team yesterday.