Mark Gottfried
Mark Gottfried
Mark Frederick Gottfried is an American men's college basketball coach and former player. He was named head coach of North Carolina State University on April 5, 2011...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth20 January 1964
four free key plays stepped throws
Davidson stepped up and made those four free throws at the end. We made some key plays at key times.
accepted build certainly easiest fact great guy key knew lose losing particular player points proud proven reason team
This particular team has made me very proud of them. The reason is, they certainly could have accepted the fact that losing a great player, a proven player for us, a guy that we all knew could get baskets in key points in the game. Lose that guy and the easiest thing to do is build in excuses.
hendrix key today
Hendrix today was a big key on the backboard.
defense defensive game key stops sure team teams top won
I think they're a top 15 team in the country. I'm not sure there are 15 teams better than them. We had key defensive stops at key times. Collectively, the defense won the game for us.
ask everybody fun guy key team
The fun thing about our team right now is I think each guy is making key contributions at key times. You can go through everybody on our roster. They're all making key plays. That's all you can ask of them.
beat bomb kept telling
They kept telling me on the bus, 'The bomb isn't going to beat us, coach.
cap fact far feather gives night number perceived selection tournament
The fact we don't play on the first night of the tournament is big. That was important for us for a number of reasons. No. 1, it gives you another day or rest. No. 2, it's one more feather in your cap as far as how you're perceived by the (NCAA) selection committee.
players sure talk
I'm not going to talk about it (to the team), and I'm not sure our players will, either.
chance decided hard players proud themselves
I'm proud of our guys. I think our players just decided to rally, play hard and do everything they can to give themselves a chance to win.
close gesture great night number senior shows wear
It was a great gesture by Evan Brock. Unselfish. To wear Chuck's number on (Brock's) senior night just shows how close we all are as a team.
opportunity time
I wanted to play Felix but didn't have an opportunity. I didn't feel the time was right.
basketball condition good handle legs players shape underneath
It's important to have our legs back underneath us. But the players are in pretty good shape and in good basketball condition and can handle it pretty well.
proud
It's disappointing to lose, but I'm proud of our team; I'm proud of the way we played.
athletic players
(Arkansas is) one of the most athletic groups, players 1 through 9, in this whole tournament.