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 don't think we shot well (38.7 percent), but I think we played well and yet it took us 30 minutes to shake them, maybe 35 minutes to shake them. That's just by their tenacity and how hard they played. Providence has a young team. The three guys who I think played really well for us happened to be seniors and that makes a difference in college basketball.
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No matter what you are or who you are, you have to continue to prove yourself. That?s the aspiration we set for this particular team. Freshmen and sophomores might have different aspirations. But seniors aspire to win games.
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They pass exceptionally well. They have three seniors and they have very good big people. The most disappointing aspect was that one-on-one, our two 6-10 kids could not guard their two 6-7 kids.
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I can probably count the number of seniors days I have left on one hand.
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We just shut the engine off. You can't go to sleep.
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We just shut the engine off. We just couldn't get it back. It's a hard thing to do in sports and I think all of us have seen it and unfortunately an experienced team like this, it shouldn't happen to.
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We weren't prepared. We were living on an 11-0 season that meant absolutely nothing because you have to play the next one.
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We were living on an 11-0 season that meant absolutely nothing. We took a 15-8 lead and from then, didn't play an ounce of basketball.
absolutely living meant season
We were living on an 11-0 season that meant absolutely nothing. We never were much of a factor.
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We shrunk ourselves down to make ourselves better.
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We turned the ball over 26 times yet I think our heart was shown on enough occasions. When you're down 10 points or down seven points with something to go, you need to call upon the reserves. There's something inside you that won't let you lose.
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We got out ahead and they just took over the game as we started standing around. But we came back with that run which really speaks to the character of this team.
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The rotation won't change all that much. But I do want to start both kids. I think we'll be able to run better.
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I've talked to the kids about the difficult situation they've given me, in the sense I think all of our guys can play.