Jim Wooldridge
Jim Wooldridge
Jim Wooldridge is a former American college basketball coach and the current athletic director at the University of California, Riverside. Born and raised in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Woolridge played on Putnam City High School's class 4A state basketball championship team in 1972. He earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education from Louisiana Tech in 1977, then earned a master’s degree in education from East Central University in 1979...
basketball couple good needed plays shot wish
We had our shot and we needed a play or two here or there. I think I have a good basketball team. I wish we could have made a couple more plays ... I think we are really close.
five front generate guys half hard league people points
You get into league play, and people make you play in the half court. You have to generate points with five guys in front of you. That's hard to do sometimes.
talked
As we talked yesterday, it's his call. I don't have anything to say about it.
buzz game inside link oklahoma outside punish ran shooting state though weak weapons
They're an extraordinary team. They've got a lot of weapons - the outside shooting and the inside play, the rebounding game. They can punish you on the boards. I don't see any weak link in their game right now even though they went to Oklahoma State and ran into a buzz saw.
ball watch
They're knuckleballs, but you watch the ball in flight, and you just thought they were going in. I thought it. You probably thought it.
consistency looking paper played throughout
They're just very, very strong. I know (Sunday) was probably disappointing for them, but just looking at them on paper and the consistency they've played with throughout Big 12 play, they just don't have a lot of chinks in the armor.
starts
It starts with his mind-set. He's put up big numbers, but he's all about winning. When you get to that point, there's no cobwebs left. It's all about winning.
improbable win
It's an improbable win if you look at where we were Wednesday.
bad base doom fans gloom remains supported talking team top topic
There's not been this doom and gloom over the top of our heads. I think our team has been supported well by our base of fans out there. I just don't feel bad about what we're doing right now. The topic your talking about remains and has been dormant. It's just not something we concentrate on.
hard playing strong teams texas win
After playing Texas and Kansas, those teams look very, very strong to me. It would be hard for one of those teams not to win his tournament.
defensive field magic whether
You've just got to make the play. Whether it's a rebound, a defensive play, a field goal, you've to got make it. There's no magic wand, you've just got to make it.
finding instead lose momentum ways
Obviously, we don't have any momentum going. We're finding ways to lose instead of finding ways to win.
buy team
His team is more important than what he is as an individual. You just can't buy that kind of attitude.
again anybody talent
He'll get things going again. Anybody with talent, which he has, can get going again if they keep playing.