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...
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I have been suffering with this condition for much of the season and it has become more acute over the past 10 days. The doctors have informed me that without immediate attention that this condition will only become more serious and permanent. I hate to step away from the team at such a critical juncture of the season, but I believe that I have to take measures now to correct these health issues.
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We just need to make one more play. One more shot, one more rebound. We've talked about that through the season. But we've got some competitive guys on this team, and the kids want to do well.
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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.
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Big, strong, physical - a carbon copy of that we saw tonight. It'll be a very tough game for us.
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Could you have believed it? How could you have guessed that anything like this was going to happen?
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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.
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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.
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Well, we don't know yet. I would term him day to day. He didn't practice (Monday) and we'll see if he can go (Tuesday).
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That was the most embarrassing effort I've ever been associated with as a college basketball player or coach. We had no answer for them in any shape or form.
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That's been interesting hasn't it. We've been able to see this is a pretty good team, with a shot at doing some things and playing good basketball. The game Saturday, we didn't play well, and that topic came up.
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I think in a handful of instances it's just one play that's made the difference between 6-10 or 8-8 or 9-7 or whatever it might have been.
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I'm in a lot more pain with where we are as a team than I am with my neck. It doesn't look like a very good team to me right now, but that could change.
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We could never shake them because we did some bizarre things.
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We talk about it all the time. He sees the benefits of his leadership. I think he's excited about it.