Jim Les
Jim Les
James Allen Lesis an American basketball coach and former player who is the current head coach of the UC Davis Aggies men's basketball team. A former point guard, he was picked in the third roundof the 1986 NBA Draft out of Bradley University...
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We play in a major basketball conference. There are some awfully good players here. Some players who were snubbed a little bit at the higher schools, and they've got a chip on their shoulders.
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The fact that the administrators and the community here welcomed me back with open arms says a lot about what they think of their own. They handed me the keys to drive the car and with that I've taken a lot of pride and responsibility in trying to restore Bradley basketball to a level everyone can be proud of.
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It was a long day. It was even worse today. I thought it would get better as it got closer but it actually got worse. The hours and minutes got longer.
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Apparently, it was for a show of emotion for the second time after a call. That's the way it was explained to me.
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I'm a cheesecake connoisseur, and it was awfully good.
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I'm a big Bill Self fan and I enjoy watching his teams play. I've probably seen too much of them.
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Being part of this program spanning 30 years ... to see the jubilation on the faces of those people, and getting the calls and text messages from people enjoying this run, that gives me tremendous pleasure. Bradley basketball is back on the map in a big way.
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Being in this league, this is my fourth year and I've got a lot of respect for the level of basketball. We're continuing to make this upward climb to get national respect.
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It's a great feeling, probably as good a feeling as I've ever had. It's just beautiful. These guys have been working their tails off. They dropped a lot of sweat and a lot of hours and they deserve the moment.
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They're just awfully talented. They're getting great production from their bench and do a number of things well. Our defense is going to be tested.
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I told the team after the game not to hang their heads because that was an awfully good basketball team we played. We needed to play our 'A' game. The reason we didn't was because of what they do and how they play.
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It's bittersweet. When we get back home and sit back and look at our body of work for the year, I think this team, this program can be extremely proud. Now it's the goal to continue to build on it.
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The locker room was pretty subdued and business as usual. We want to be proud, but there's still work to be done.
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Obviously, ISU will be primed for revenge and wants to get that bad taste of the last game out of their mouth.