John Pelphrey
John Pelphrey
John Leslie Pelphreyis an American college basketball coach, currently an assistant at the University of Alabama. After being named Kentucky's "Mr. Basketball" in 1987, he became a star college player at the University of Kentucky...
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It's amazing that we're playing each other. I think we would have been an 11 or 12 seed, but the NCAA wanted to match us up. I think that had a lot to do with it.
deal
It's an issue. We've got to find a way to deal with it.
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The problem with the NCAA tournament is it's just one of those things words sometimes don't do justice. You have to experience it.
effort talent
With Noah, it's not so much the talent level, but the effort. His effort is off the charts.
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We understood what we wanted to do in the first half. Especially on offense. We found our pace, worked the ball around and got some really clean looks.
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We had a tough day today. We played a better basketball team. Physically we had a tough time getting around them, a tough time getting to the hoop. We tried. We were courageous. We played hard. Florida was just better today.
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We play New Orleans, it's always a battle. I told our guys we can't look at the records in conference play...New Orleans has had a tough situation all year long and I am impressed with how hard they play.
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They have the components to kill people in every single basketball game they are going to play in. They have the ability to compete against anybody in the country.
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They have the components to compete in every single basketball game they're going to play in. It's just that time of year. You've got to play well. But they have the ability to compete with anybody in the country.
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They have the ability to compete with anyone in the country. It's hard to compare them to the 2000 team. They are better in one sense, they won more games in the regular season. But that team really didn't get hot until the buzzer-beater against Butler.
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They are outstanding, the best we have played so far in terms of those guards and their shooters. It was not one of our better efforts just in terms of executing the game plan. I think Tennessee had a lot to do with that.
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This may be the most special one because we're kind of out here on our own right now. We've been a part of rebuilding this.
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This is a basketball team that had our number last year. I am very proud of our team. FIU is one of the most physical teams in our league and it showed tonight.
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I think the NCAA has a funny sense of humor with regards to pairing us up with Florida.