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...
improbable low opposite week win
It's been the most improbable week of my career, in so many ways. (Nebraska) was the low of lows. To win at KU was the opposite end of the spectrum.
improbable win
It's an improbable win if you look at where we were Wednesday.
finding finish instead last lose miles million positive ways week
We're finding ways to lose instead of finding ways to win. That's really unfortunate. You come a million miles in a game, and you know that you need to finish it in a positive way and we haven't been able to do that in the last week and a half. If it isn't one thing it's another.
basketball control defense good kinds played stayed
We have had a lot of those kinds of games, but I thought we played good basketball. We stayed under control, played good defense and didn't get rattled.
anybody basketball beat coaches good players positive
We have a positive thing going with our basketball team. I think our players feel good about what we're doing. Our coaches feel that way. We've been competitive. We can beat anybody in our league.
played
I think we can -- and have -- played better.
expected good talented
I think they're very talented and he probably expected them to have a good year.
difference handful might whatever
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.
good pain team
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.
answer associated basketball college effort player shape
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.
came game good playing shot topic
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.
deal game good great kids move wish won
I think we made a lot of progress. We have kids with a great deal of life. I wish we could have won the game today. It would have been a good way to move forward.
practice term
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).
bizarre shake
We could never shake them because we did some bizarre things.