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...
good team
Obviously, the team was in very good spirits.
rather
Like Hubie, and sometimes like Jim, I can be rather lengthy.
good quite seen
Magnificent is a good word. He put on one of the better performances I've seen in quite a while.
came cast sinned stones
Let any person who hasn't sinned cast the first stone. And the stones still came in like crazy.
deal east great hat inner joy kids passed schools tip
Many of those kids were passed over by Big East schools and others. I tip my hat to their courage. I feel a great deal of inner joy for what they are going through right now, something they probably couldn't have imagined.
hall knew looked mentally
Seton Hall looked mentally tough. They looked like they knew they were going to win.
great kids normally voting
When I did my voting, it was very difficult. Normally I can get a better feel. But there were so many kids that had so many great seasons.
england face fortunate people walk walking
When I walk down with Cousy I'm walking in as the face of New England as the face of so many people who weren't fortunate enough to get into what I got into.
game instead next practice preparing proves time wait
This proves that you can't just show up in postseason play, because instead of going to practice and preparing for a game tomorrow, we have to wait a week. Next time we lose, we're going home.
final great knock loaded road team
The only place down the road I want to see them is in Indianapolis at the Final Four. They come loaded and knock you down. That is a great team with heart.
came finish fourth game games last league means playing somebody surprise three tough tournament
We did it, but it's tough to get all the way through. It won't surprise me to see somebody playing a fourth game in four days, the league is like that this year. This was the most games that came down to last three minutes, at least our most in 10 years and yet we were 27-2, which means we were there to finish the deal. But in a one-game tournament anything can happen.
anybody difficult increased league quality taken teams truly
We've taken the quality of teams and just increased them in quantity. I don't think anybody truly understands how difficult this league will be day in and day out.
control easy eventually fighting kentucky kept routes
There are no easy routes in this tournament. I thought we could eventually take control of this game, but Kentucky kept fighting back.
league seems wars
We're a new league, a league of 16. But this seems like the old wars of the '80s and '90s.