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...
education generation half standards
There's probably about a generation and a half that have not had, by any standards we consider, an education.
gonna parity
There's so much parity in our league, you never know what's gonna happen.
conference exposure help morris northeast outside people recruiting robert television understand whatever
Television exposure is so important. I am not sure many people know that Robert Morris is in the Northeast Conference, especially people outside this area. We understand being in the Northeast Conference that we won't get the exposure of other conferences, but whatever we can get will help with recruiting and help people see this is a competitive league.
against battle behind cut fight good heart knew road sacred trip uphill
Sacred Heart is a good team, and we didn't play well against them. We knew this road trip was going to be tough. (On Thursday), we got behind by 12 and cut it to nine, but then had to fight an uphill battle from there.
brings consistent effort game glad night played special terrific
He played really well. He's going to be a terrific player. I'm glad he's on our team. It was a big game and he's a big-time player. When he brings that effort every night and he brings it on a consistent basis, he can be a special player.
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I believe he will make an impact. Now, how big an impact? We won't know until he gets here and starts playing. But this kid is talented. He also is a smart player. He will mature and get stronger once he gets here.
coach goal learn perfect prepared year
Your goal is to coach the perfect game, and to have all your players, play the perfect game. That first year is difficult. You can never really be prepared for it. You are going to make mistakes. You just have to learn from those mistakes.
carrying game good jeremy job plan three tremendous
The game plan was not for A.J. to get two fouls in the first three minutes. Jeremy did a good job carrying us. He did a tremendous job in the first half.
cardinal foul good jump rule team
The cardinal rule is you don't foul jump shooters -- especially 3-point shooters. That's not what a good team does.
causes guy jump problems rely shooting
Their big guy causes problems for A.J.. A.J. struggled, and we can't rely on our jump shooting to win.
court home win
The home court isn't going to win it for us. We'll have to play well.
acquainted affect decisions fit players prepare recruit team year
The first year is not easy. You have to get acquainted with the players who are there, recruit new players who fit the system, and prepare the team for every game. Plus, you get to make the game-time decisions which affect the team.