Matt Brady
Matt Brady
Matt Bradyis an American college basketball coach and the former men's basketball coach at James Madison University. He was introduced at a press conference on March 26, 2008. Brady was formerly the head coach at Marist College, departing with a 73–50 record in four years. He took the Red Foxes to a MAAC regular-season championship in 2007. Marist then advanced to the NIT, where it defeated Oklahoma State in the first round. The NIT victory was the first ever postseason...
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For a second there he lost the ball at the top of the key at his basket and it looked like it was going to work out. He just kept his motor running.
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The key for us is throwing the ball in the lane and getting some baskets. To me it's like a body punch in boxing. You just can't keep swinging at the head, which is sometimes what we do with the 3-point line. You have to make them feel it in the lane. ... If we are scoring in the lane and scoring from the 3-point line and Jared is running the ball down the floor and getting lay-ups, sometimes it's hard to guard our team.
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I'm not going to tell the kids it's likely. It's out of our hands. We'll just have to wait and see. It would be great, however, and I know we'd represent our conference well.
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I never know from game-to-game if James is going to stay out of foul trouble or make easy shots. He has a propensity to turn the ball over. I never know from game-to-game where James is this year. Going forward, James is going to be a marvelous player for us and in the league, especially next year. But this year, I keep an eye on how he's playing and what his approach is.
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Anytime you can win by that many points and get everybody in and get contributions from everybody is a great thing.
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We had some disagreements last season about how I thought the game should be played, and really about practice habits and such. In the spring we had a couple conversations, one on one, and I think he finally realized that he had to put more into everything in terms of being on the floor with the team.
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We talked to this team over and over again about defensive intensity. They made some very difficult shots.
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Every game in this league is a battle. We've had some tough losses. We played well enough against Saint Peter's, Loyola and Iona at home to win the game. Those were three games we lost in the last 35 seconds. We're a resilient group.
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At some point people are going to stop being surprised by Jared. He's a pretty good player.
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I still believe to be a factor, this league runs through Manhattan.
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I've thought for three days now this was going to be another battle. I think we're learning how to win these close games. It requires a lot of energy on the defensive end and rebounding to make that happen.
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I've said all along we weren't going to reach our potential until late January or early February. That's what I'd been insisting even through those four games, which were four difficult losses. I think we'll be OK.
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This game was lost in the first half. They came out with a lot more energy in the first half, and we turned it over way too much.
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Liberty plays so hard. They run hard, they rebound hard, they post defend hard. If you have poise, you give yourself a better chance.