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
badly last ncaa team tournament worry year
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.
feet hurt improved remember spent time year
I remember back to the year he got hurt. He spent more time tripping over his feet than anything else. So he's improved a lot, and he's consistently improved every year.
ad fans home kansas lost row run since state sure third took tremendous win won year
It's not a hump, it's a mountain. My AD knows. My fans know where we were when I took this job. My first year, we lost 11 in a row and I didn't know if we were ever going to win a game. My third year we were 3-3, and I wasn't sure I would keep my job. We lost at home to Kansas State and ever since then it has been a tremendous run to get where we are today. We accomplished something we haven't in 23 years, we won a championship.
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.
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.
almost perfect
When you do that, you've almost had a perfect day.
confident league reason
The reason you can be confident is because our league is so good.
kept second thinking tremendous
We kept going to him, kept thinking he was going to get tired. He was tremendous in the second overtime.
figured games team win
This team has figured out how to win games.
defense gives
We got nothing out of P.J.. He didn't give us defense and that's usually what he gives us.
craig feels helps obviously unfair
We had some unfair scrutiny, but we didn't feel the pressure. I think this obviously helps. It helps Craig Littlepage. I think he feels a little better about the Valley.
happening tired
Finally, we made the shot. I'm excited. I'm happy. I'm tired of it happening to us.
everybody figure figured gotten knows league learned nice six win won
We have done a lot of nice things here in our first six years. We have gotten better every year. We have won a lot of league games. We learned how to win on the road. We've won a league championship. Now we need to figure out how to play well in St. Louis. Creighton has figured that out. That's why everybody knows who Creighton is.
best both fine future wish
Both Jared and Gabe are fine young men, and I wish them both the best in their future endeavors.