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...
buy team
His team is more important than what he is as an individual. You just can't buy that kind of attitude.
number
He was number 31. And he was making a lot of shots.
came elevated opportunity playing prove saw
He is playing well. When he came in, he really elevated his game. He saw it as an opportunity to prove he could play.
again anybody talent
He'll get things going again. Anybody with talent, which he has, can get going again if they keep playing.
fortunate huge leg puts road turn win
We've got to turn it into a positive, but the way we've been going we'd like to be playing. They are all huge ballgames. If you are fortunate to win on the road it's a huge breakthrough for you and puts you a leg up on the competition.
challenges guys inherit kansas kinds
That said, I didn't inherit those kinds of guys at Kansas State. We've have different challenges. Some have been similar, but we've had different challenges.
amazing drop game
That's a pretty amazing way to drop that game today, and it's just really unfortunate.
almost ended guys hand hard impossible pulling second situation somewhat stay watching
I didn't feel good, but I ended up watching the whole second half. It's almost impossible, because you're pulling so hard for your guys and you want them to do well. Not having a hand in it, it's an impossible situation to stay somewhat calm.
best hope mode
I hope we can do it consistently. It's our best mode of being successful.
key sustain
The key is, let's sustain our effort. If we don't, we won't have much of a shot. That will be the quest.