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
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I was there. I know what it's like to be a part of that. There's a sense of belonging in the Final Four. We're supposed to be there. You take a program like ours and we've been to one Elite Eight. You have to get your players to believe they're capable of doing that.
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We were 7-6, lost our best player and today we were a jump shot away from being in the Sweet Sixteen. I wouldn't do anything differently.
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We were stunned (after the loss to Ole Miss) when Chuck went down, and we played like it. But now we've gained some confidence. We've had some different players step up and carry us. That's been the difference between then and now.
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I don't think our players will be satisfied, nor will I, with just getting in. We want to advance, we want to advance deep.
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Obviously, Ole Miss came to Tuscaloosa and won. Our players have a lot of respect for how good they can be.
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It wasn't until the middle of December that things started to turn for him. In hindsight, I should have sat him a couple of games. He wanted to play, like all players do. We had that full week during finals where we were able to sit him and I think that helped.
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It was sure a relief when our name came across there. I'm excited for our players and our program. It's quite a statement that this is five in a row for us.
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It throws you off a little bit, but the most important thing is to make sure the building is safe. The players understand that. Let's make sure everybody is safe.
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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.
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We're 7-6, lost our best player and we're a jump shot away from being in the Sweet 16. They overcame a lot.
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Whether we play Winthrop or Louisiana Tech or (future opponents) Temple or (North Carolina) State, the players realize we schedule very, very good basketball teams and we've got to play at a high level every night.
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They've got a number of young players. We have a bunch of young players as well, so there's probably going to be more freshmen on the floor than we've had in the last number of years playing in this game.
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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.
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This is devastating for our team as it gives us only 10 scholarship players and a thin backcourt. We'll have to play a small forward at the guard position this year. We'll have to adjust.