Mark Schmidt
Mark Schmidt
Mark Schmidtis an American college basketball coach and the current men's basketball head coach at St. Bonaventure University. He took the job at the start of the 2007–08 season after holding the same position at Robert Morris University. During the 2008–09 season, he led St. Bonaventure to a 15–15 record, and an appearance in the Atlantic 10 postseason tournament, the school's first since 2005. He played collegiately for the Boston College Eagles in the 1980s...
goes history kids ranked state toughest tournament
I think this is the toughest tournament in the history of Colorado. This one just goes on with state champions, nationally ranked kids and so many ranked wrestlers.
excited great
It should be a great game. We're excited to play.
fourth home
It's really important. It's for fourth place. You always want to try to get into the upper echelon of the league. And it's for a home game.
ball best confidence game good great played plays shot since
Derek played his best game since he's been here. He shot the ball with great confidence. He just was terrific. When he plays like that, we're a good team.
certainly challenged contribute final game half huge kept passed second
Derek certainly kept us in the game in the first half, and A.J. was huge in the second half after I challenged him. Everyone did something to contribute to this victory. In the final seconds, it was gut-check time, and we passed the test.
coming experience gaining proud team
I'm really proud of our team. Our team is really coming together. We're a very young team, but we're gaining experience quickly.
concerned industrial loss
I'm very concerned about the loss of our industrial base.
dead game last
It was a game of runs. In essence, FDU had the last one -- and it was way too long. You just can't go dead for 10 minutes.
ball horse inside paramount plays second sitting
It was paramount for us to get him the ball in the second half. When your horse inside has been sitting for an hour, it's really important to get him into the game. He's our low-post presence. When he plays well, we usually play well.
gives goes guy hard hot jackson jump problems rely
The big guy gives us problems. He gives A.J. Jackson problems, just his height. When A.J. struggles, we have a hard time. We can't just rely on jump shooting. That goes hot and cold.
four francis success tough twice won
St. Francis is a tough place to play, but, fortunately, we have had some success there. We've won twice in my four years. We really need this one, though.
found guys kids shows
The kids found a way to win. That shows our guys are confident.
defensive forced heels intensity played strong
Their defensive intensity was there and forced us out of our offense. We played on our heels and weren't strong with the ball.
ball cut lead push second
They cut into our lead in the second half, but that was probably my fault. I thought we were tentative and we didn't push the ball as much.