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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We are very excited about Charles and Philip coming to South Alabama. They are outstanding people and students who have a world of basketball potential...We certainly look forward to both of them making contributions to helping our team as freshmen.
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We knew that we were going to be one of the top two or three teams in the league. At least we felt like that. We certainly had a confidence level coming in.
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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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Billy was better than half of the team.
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We tried; we were courageous. Florida was just better than us.
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This one here, from start to finish, our kids just played as well as they could possibly play. From a defensive side, Western Kentucky is unbelievable offensively. To hold them to 33 percent for the game, that is the best of the year for us.
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I have been blessed to be associated with some unbelievable people. I've needed that help as a coach.
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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.
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I sat there for the next three months.
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Our goal was to take the inside away and keep them from jamming it down our throats because they have such good post players. We did a good job of that in the first half. In the second half, it got away from us a little bit.
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Outside of my father, he was probably the most influential male in my life.
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Outside my father, he's probably the most influential male in my life. He's a special, special guy.
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I think the NCAA has a funny sense of humor with regards to pairing us up with Florida.
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I feel very fortunate to win the award. There are some great coaches in this league...Basketball is a team game and any award that I win is a direct reflection on how hard our team works.