Lorenzo Romar
Lorenzo Romar
Lorenzo Romaris the current head men's basketball coach at the University of Washington. Romar also played basketball for the University of Washington from 1978 to 1980. After college, Romar was drafted by the Golden State Warriors and spent five years in the NBA...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth13 November 1958
calls cross few players states
We've had calls from a few players in Florida, ... We tell them there has to be a lot of states to cross before you get to Washington.
aggressive arizona basketball brand emotions good guys job running state typical university versus washington
That was a typical University of Washington versus Arizona State basketball game. Very physical, emotions running high. They're real aggressive and we play an aggressive brand of basketball, and when you put the two together, sometimes tempers flare. Our guys did a good job of maintaining their composure.
expects familiar job state utah win
Utah State expects to win their opener, they expect to advance, because they've done it before. We're very familiar with the job they've done over the years.
closer montana pacific state team utah
I think Utah State is a better team than Montana was. They're closer to what Pacific was.
inside left small team
We were left with a very small team without an inside presence,
ball catch concerned good guys inside job produce
We're very concerned about them on the glass. But not only that, they do a very good job of getting the ball inside to those guys. Those guys catch it, they do something with it, they produce down there.
listed tough
It was tough for Jamaal. Jeffers was in there. He's a 6-11 (Jeffers is listed at 6-9) with long arms.
approaches game knack led plays surprise team
It wouldn't surprise us at all if he led our team in rebounding as a freshman. He just has a knack for making big plays but he approaches the game as if he doesn't have a scholarship. He's old school.
beauty cal found gives leading nation played positive shooting team win
There was a beauty to it. We're leading the nation in scoring, and we played a team that went to Cal and won, and that gives us problems. Yet we found a way to win (while) shooting 33 percent. I think that's a very positive thing.
parity pick
There's so much parity in this league. There's no way you can pick who is going to be the winner.
basketball biggest intense minutes monkey
Right now we need to put 40 minutes of intense basketball together. Right now that's the biggest monkey on our back.
best energy good level
Our energy level wasn't what it should have been for 40 minutes. We are at our best when we play with energy. We are not very good when we don't play with energy.
few hit lost
People, for some reason, just because Arizona's lost a few games, think that they're down. They're crazy. They've kind of hit a stride. They're very good.
guys mention win
We didn't mention that, but we know because of those things when we say, 'We can win this game,' the guys know we can do it. When you've been there before, there's no better teacher.