Lute Olson
Lute Olson
Robert Luther "Lute" Olsonis an American retired basketball coach. He was most recently head coach of the University of Arizona's men's team for 25 years. He was also head coach at the University of Iowa for nine years and California State University, Long Beach for one season. Olson was known for player development, and many of his former players have gone on to impressive careers in the NBA. On October 23, 2008, Olson announced his retirement from coaching...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth22 September 1934
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We just got absolutely hammered on the boards but Michigan State does that to a lot of people. I want to acknowledge the courage and the heart of that team following what I thought was the best preseason game I've ever seen to go to another overtime and be able to sustain that effort.
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Washington and ourselves split and we went a game deeper in the league tournament. Maybe it is best to play 10 out of your first 11 at home. They say they're not going to be influenced by a team's record, but I'm not ready to buy that.
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Chris had a great game at both ends of the court because he let shots come to him instead of looking for shots.
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We still haven't gotten some of them. That's why we need to take this game and get better.
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That's good that they have, because now it's our turn to swing it back the other way. All of those games have been competitive games. This is a new year, new team. ...I don't think past history is going to have anything to do with it, frankly.
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This game was invented to have fun. If you can't enjoy playing basketball, you've missed a lot.
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The inside game is certainly developing to the point where we have an inside game.
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I hoped our inside game would have developed better. We have been very inconsistent there. We need a big man to step up and that is what we are going to try to accomplish this week, to get one of those guys so we can count on them to go in there and do the job.
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I'm happy that we moved up and can start a new streak. After winning our last three road games at Utah by 30 and at Washington State and Washington this past weekend, I wasn't sure if that was going to happen. I'm relieved to be back in the poll.
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It was tough last week without Hassan. He's a great competitor. The more there is on the line, the better he plays. He's a winner. We need his leadership. It was great to have him back.
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I still believe we can reach those goals. We do need to have more of an inside presence.
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There's no question the team that played the hardest and the smartest ... won.
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We are the defending champs, and I think we are capable of defending the championship. There are some very good teams that we are going to have to beat if we are going to do that. But I don't think there is anybody who has a better chance of winning it.
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Mohamed did a good job and we need to do more of that. He needs more spots like that where he can get a few minutes at a time. Defensively, he goes hard and he always goes hard to the boards.