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
guarded needed stop until
We guarded out tails off all day. We got every stop we needed until the very end.
change days excited great happy later name pops selection sunday sweet
We're just happy to be here. It's been a great ride. Selection Sunday our name pops up and we're excited and 6 days later we're in the Sweet 16 and things change quick.
capable good played winning
We've got good players, and I thought we were in a pod we were very capable of winning if we played well.
We want to play well and take the 'co' out of co-champion.
george heck knew mason tough trying
We knew we were going to have to play a heck of a game. George Mason is a really tough team, and then trying to play them in this building. We just didn't have it tonight.
led sweet valley
We didn't play together. We didn't play the way that led us to the (Missouri Valley regular-season) championship or the Sweet 16.
smart wonder
You look at the stats and you'll wonder how we were even in the game. They're just really smart defensively.
difference gate hot
They got out of the gate hot and that was the difference in the game.
against darned hard last open shot year
They're better than they were last year and then they were pretty darned good. It's hard to get an open shot against them.
anybody athletic battle blow definitely gonna guard jump taller together
They're gonna be taller more athletic than we are, and they can jump a little higher. We're definitely not flashy. . . . We try to guard and rebound, just try to play together on the other end. We don't blow anybody out. Everything is a battle for us.
centers chance competition felt teams top
You never know what kind of competition you'll have (for MVP), but usually the teams at the top have a chance to be MVP. I always felt he had a chance to be one of the better centers in the league.
forget guy hitting night senior shot
You never forget a night like that, senior night and a guy hitting a shot at the buzzer.
earned prepare
You never want to say you're in because you don't want to jinx yourself. We're going to prepare like we're in that tournament, and I think we've earned it.
game good guys notice simple supposed
You don't want to notice them. You don't notice the really good ones. Those guys ref the game the way it's supposed to be called. Simple as that.