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
basketball four gun hurt upsets
If you put a gun to my head, I would say we would get four in. But there's a lot of basketball left, and the upsets will hurt a lot of at-large teams.
bit tennessee
If you look at the stats, you back off him a little bit and that's probably what Tennessee did.
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If you look at the numbers, we almost played a perfect half offensively. It took that, because I thought Tennessee played at a high, high level (Saturday). I thought they played really good. Our guys just wanted it.
good looks strictly
If you look strictly at the RPI, it looks good for us.
ball few games great last pass sheets team trying worked
If you look over the (statistic) sheets of our last few games, it's been that way. We've worked on it all year, trying to get them to pass the ball and use each other. They really did that well tonight. This was a great team game.
best carried league lose matter ncaa practice pressure round wait
If you could have been at our practice the other day, the pressure is off. We had our best practice we've had in months. We carried that 23-year wait around with us. No matter what happens, if we go and lose in the first round and don't make the NCAA Tournament, you can't take that league championship away from us.
control count nine shot
I couldn't get them under control in the first half. I just couldn't. They thought if they made a shot it would count as nine points.
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I do think we got some scrutiny that we didn't deserve. We're really proud of what we've done. We weren't going to let a bunch of people around the country who haven't seen us tell us any different.
likes sean unselfish
I do think they're unselfish players. Paul's an unselfish kid. Sean likes to shoot, but he also likes to pass. P.J.' s more of a passer than he is a scorer.
I just want to get this out of the way: I'm staying.
bit good kept practice saying sweet
I kept saying we weren't any good when practice started, and now we're part of the Sweet 16. We just keep getting a little bit better.
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In my heart, this is where I'm supposed to be. I told the players, I never pursue a job. I never have. I never will. I was just trying to do what was best for our staff and our basketball program.
good group knew pleasant
I knew we had good players. But for this group to do what it has been doing has been a pleasant surprise.
bad battle constantly fun game hard race says year
The four-way race has been fun. It says a lot about our league. There are no bad teams. Every game is hard and you can't take anything for granted. It's been a challenging year for everybody. You don't get a day off. You are constantly going from one battle to the next.