Mark Turgeon
Mark Turgeon
Mark Leo Turgeonis an American college basketball coach. He is currently the head coach for the Maryland Terrapins...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth5 February 1965
guys weeks
Now that that's over -- it's been a long two weeks -- it's about these guys right here.
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Sean's gotten stronger. He understands it better, so he's not out of position. He's guarded the best player some nights -- he's come a long way.
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We won the Evansville game differently than we won the Missouri State game, for example. Whether it's rebounding or free throw shooting or defense or offensive execution, it's been something different each game for us.
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When we shoot well, we're pretty darn good. We always try to defend and rebound, but we look better when we make shots. Today, we were pretty hard to guard.
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We did exactly what we had to do offensively. We executed better, which is what we had to do.
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We're 2-0 and we took care of our home court. This league is loaded. (Bradley) looked like a pro team out there.
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I was in a power position, obviously, so I drove a hard bargain. I wanted to make sure that Jim knew what I was looking for. Over time, through each contract, I've talked about 'This is what I'd like to have someday.' I think he got as close to that as he could.
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I thought maybe we could do it. I've seen our guys get hot. But we could never get close enough to put pressure on them.
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Paul is very intelligent. He's very skilled, has great hands and can do a turnaround jumper from 6 feet to 18 feet on the block.
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I thought we had them at that point, but they kept making shots.
I think a lot of things have to go right for us to win. They're that good.
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I think it takes a significant amount of doing well in the NCAA Tournament before it changes your recruiting. But hopefully we'll get lucky over the next six months and get some good players.
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I think that's the way to the teach the game. I want to be balanced. I don't want to have to rely on one guy to get 18 points every night or two guys to get 18 and 16. That's why we were able to win so many close games, because one night it was Paul, the next night it was Sean. The next night it was Kyle.
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Last year I think we wanted to be part of the NCAA Tournament so badly we didn't worry about the things that we could control, which is making our team better. That's what we're doing this year.