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...
active ball drive respond zone
We were up 10 and they went to the zone and we didn't respond well. They are very active but you've got to drive the ball in there and we didn't do that.
ball deny game great guys pressure ready start wings
I think what we are going to do is go great ball pressure and deny wings to start the game because I want to know who is not ready to play. We had guys start this game like we don't have to play. Like they were going through the motions.
balls beat coming hands hustled kept seen
Their pressure. ... They just kept coming after us. They hustled us and beat us to balls. I have not seen us get that many balls jerked out of our hands all season.
ball feet front grab means missed ton understand whether
You understand that means you have the ball two feet in front of the rim. Whether it was because of a bump, a grab or a hold, we were 13-for-36 (inside). We just missed a ton of them.
nice thinking worked
It would be nice if it worked out. But we're not thinking that way.
graduates record second women
I second the motion. His record is spotless. He graduates every kid. He doesn't look at other women. He doesn't smoke.
basketball bothered guard heck tape zone
The zone bothered us more than it should have. Our guard play was very tentative. I don't know why. ... We will have to go look at the tape and take a look at it. But, it was a heck of a basketball game.
nobody
There won't be any crime. There won't be any accidents, because nobody will be on the streets.
carolina enjoy happen happens kick north year
Enjoy it. Take a breath, kick back and enjoy. Because this doesn't happen every year at Memphis. It happens at Kentucky, Duke, North Carolina and those other programs. It doesn't happen at Memphis.
decision kids season second
During the season, every decision I make will be about the team. The second that season is over, it is all about the kids on the team.
coaching fun people
People thought I was crazy. I've had more fun coaching this style.
absolute defense joey
Our defense was phenomenal. Joey Dorsey was an absolute monster, and we need him to be a monster.
created ready today
We created some turnovers and that's why we had a 20-point lead. Today we were ready to go so they never really had a chance.
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.