Jim Christian
Jim Christian
James Patrick Christianis an American college basketball coach who is currently the head coach of the Boston College men's basketball team. He previously held the same position at Kent State, TCU and Ohio...
both either
I can give arguments for both players. Without question, we wouldn't be where we are without either one of them, for different reasons.
arena coming complaints-and-complaining hear kids nobody people screaming sure
Nobody thought we were coming back. I'm sure nobody in the arena (did). I could hear people screaming and complaining, but you know what, these kids don't think they're going to lose.
defensive giving great mike presence rebounds stretch
Mike Scott has been giving us great defensive presence all year. The rebounds he got down the stretch were very key.
deserves league multiple people represent
Now we have to represent the league in the right way. We have to show people this league deserves to get multiple bids.
achieved arrived basketball career coaching continue continuing excellence forward high level maintain program recent since state strive tradition
I look forward to continuing my coaching career at Kent State. My goal, as it has been since the day I arrived at Kent State, is to continue the tradition our program has developed. We will strive to maintain the high level of excellence Kent State basketball has achieved in recent years.
basketball good played realize regardless stay walk
You have to walk out there and realize you're a championship team, too. You played good basketball to get to this point, regardless of who it was against. That's what we tell our kids. We can play with anybody, but we have to stay focused.
determination group guys hearts played win
This was a group of guys with unbelievable determination to win this game. Toledo played their hearts out, but these guys would not be denied.
both extremely played rely teams
Both teams played extremely hard. We had to rely on our depth. That's kind of what we've done all year. This is our style.
bench guys nine ours rely step strength utilize
It's been a strength of ours all year. We play nine or 10 guys. We have different guys step up. We don't rely on one or two guys. We utilize our bench as much as we can.
four gone great guys program
It's great to have that kind of tradition. That's unbelievable. In a lot of places, after four years, guys are gone and never come back, but not here. That's what makes this program special.
attract excuses player sheer type
It's sheer numbers. They're able to attract a type of player that we're not able to attract at Kent State. We're not making any excuses but we're probably not going to be able to get a McDonald's All-American, where they can.
five teams
With them being a five seed, if there's (that many) teams better then them, I'd like to see who they are.
contain defense good guys match rely solid team
We're not good enough to match up with those guys one-on-one. We have to rely on solid team defense to contain those guys.
cannot couple offensive player rhythm senior
We knew, with this being senior night, that he was going to come out and play. You cannot let an offensive player get in a rhythm and we let him make a couple of jumpers early.