Jim Crews
Jim Crews
Jim Crewsis the former head men's basketball coach for Saint Louis University. He was promoted to head coach after serving on an interim basis, following the health concerns, and eventual death, of former Billikens head coach Rick Majerus. He was on Majerus' staff since 2011. After leading the Billikens to a school-record 28 wins, Crews was formally named SLU's 25th head coach on April 12, 2013. He was fired immediately following the 2016 Atlantic 10 Tournament after a pair of...
defending faster heck job kept move running terrific time took
They really took it to us. They are a very quick-hitting team. They do a terrific job running a full-court offense. ... We had a heck of a time defending it. They kept us on the move faster than we could do our fundamentals.
cardinal execute mistake needed obviously
Obviously we didn't execute what we needed to execute to get that done. We did the cardinal mistake on that one. That's my fault.
gotta
You have to be lucky. I mean, we were lucky. You gotta be good. But you gotta be lucky.
army-and-navy game good great guys heart job rivalry road
It's always a great rivalry game with Army-Navy and I think our guys showed a lot of heart on the road today. They showed a lot of different defenses and I think our guys did a good job executing.
presents switch
They switch some, they play a little zone, they play man. They look different all the time. That presents problems.
broke good options pat sound within
Defensively, we were pretty sound for a while. But they broke us down. That?s where Pat does such a good job, with so many (offensive) options within a possession.
foundation question team
No question about it. Everything we accomplished in '76, the '75 team set the foundation for.
played
I thought we played well defensively. We made things tough.
great league players team tribute
That's a great accomplishment. League play is tough. You have to play every team twice. That's a great tribute to the players and coaches.
good guys headed
I like what our guys have done, what they're doing and what they're headed for. I feel good about them.
far generates goes guess hearing phone start team undefeated
If somebody's undefeated now, if someone is 20-0, if someone is 23-0, then that's when we get the phone calls. Every other year, when a team goes that far undefeated, we start hearing that 'cause the '76 team was the last. I guess that generates some conversation.
great kids ready
These kids have been resilient. They have had great purpose. They have been ready to play.