John Calipari
John Calipari
John Vincent Calipariis an American college basketball coach. Since 2009, he has been the head coach at the University of Kentucky. Calipari was previously the head coach at the University of Memphisand the University of Massachusetts. He was also the head coach of the National Basketball Association's New Jersey Netsand the Dominican Republic national basketball team in 2011 and 2012...
couple effort good intensity level pleased prepared saw second
The thing I'm most pleased with was I thought you saw an intensity level and an effort level that we haven't had for a couple of weeks. Second of all, there were things we prepared to do, and we executed them. ... It was some good stuff.
guys
The thing about young guys is they don't think they will lose. They haven't been through it yet.
allen andre cooper eight game joey march minutes next opportunity players playing ready tried trying
The thing I've tried to tell each of these players is be ready for your moment. What if I only play Andre Allen eight minutes this game because Darius is really playing well? What if this game is better-suited for Kareem Cooper than it is Joey Dorsey? What I'm trying to tell our players is that you have to live with that and march on to the next game, and that may be your game and your opportunity to be the star.
six took
Sometimes I get a little stunned. Wow! It took us six years.
ability court energy everybody importance score washington
Now everybody understands the importance of Darius Washington with this team. It's his energy as much as anything else, his ability to get up and down the court and score baskets when we need some baskets to be scored.
awards happy hard job last players trying win worked year
I did a better job last year than I did this year. Awards are great. Our award we're trying to get here is trying to win this tournament. I'm happy for Rodney, happy for all the players who get these awards because they've worked hard for them.
job last year
I did a better job last year than I did this year.
alongside build develop easy football games identity needs players program says
I don't think he needs the verification. But what he has done there to develop players and to build a program and to do it alongside an unbelievable football program -- which is not easy -- and to have your own identity and to play big in big games says a lot.
barely check game minute
I barely wanted to be here. ... We've got to be able to check a minute into the game who's into this energy. Who is into what we are doing.
heads scare
I don't want to scare them. I don't want their heads spinning.
bought conference missouri played tough valley winning
The Missouri Valley Conference bought games. And they all have winning records. Did I (say) that they all played tough teams? No. Look at their non-conference schedules.
depth skills south team
You take your team - east, west, north, south - because I want my team. I've got battlers. I've got skills ... depth ... size.
good happy
It was a pretty good effort, and I was happy with some of the spurts we had.
moving enough
We're not moving fast enough with where things are going.