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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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.
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He gave us that legitimate guard that I've been talking about that nobody wants to hear.
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Very few players are able to maintain the pace he's on. I don't think anybody I've ever had can get as hot as he can get. Ben (Gordon) and Ray (Allen) are probably better shooters, but nobody gets as hot as he does. He's done that against a whole bunch of folks. It's not the first time.
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When he got a rebound, nobody was going to take it away from him. For a freshman to go in and make that kind of a stand is very significant.
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We have no one like Brandon Roy. Nobody does.
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The name has magic to it. There's nobody in basketball that when I say the name Gavitt they don't respond.
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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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This was an advertisement for how hard the teams in this league play. Increasing our toughness was one thing I thought we had to do. We knew we could score, but we had to show we could come up with that kind of game like we had other times this season.
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This was an advertisement for how hard the teams in this league play.
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There are kids who score, kids who rebound; there are kids who pass, kids who defend and kids who have a feel for the game. He has all those attributes. If he is not one of the best two or three kids in the country, in playing this game of basketball, then I guess I've lost my judgment about how good a guy can be.
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When you have a kid who's been with you for three years say that to you, whether it happens or not, at least for the moment you feel pretty pretty good. It's good to hear, even if he's lying to you.
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We will go home to Storrs later this afternoon. I will be upset when I get to my house. Tonight will be painful. Friday will be painful. I will never speak again about anything specifically from the game. I will talk very often about how we all felt after it was over.
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This whole idea of David and Goliath is a real natural thing to root for the underdog. The charm of this tournament is every single night, we're all surprised by the things that happen.
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We knew the schedule put before us was a little different than normal. Nevertheless, we passed every test. We'll get a much better look when we play people who are as big, strong and talented as we are.