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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
came juggling point trying understand
At one point we were 6-5 and juggling our lineup to find the right combinations. Then it came together. They started to understand what we were trying to do.
time tough
Boy, every time you think it's going to be tough for him to come back (from injury), he does.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
job possible taking worst
Some of my friends said I was taking the Kent job at the worst possible time. They said all I could do was go down.
gut guys kept team telling visibly
Some guys on our team were visibly tired. We kept telling them in timeouts, you've just got to gut through it.