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...
against game games home last league lost played resilient saint three tough win
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.
best league night perhaps played proud talented team
I think we just played the most talented team in the league on perhaps their best night of the year. I'm really proud of our effort.
best night perhaps played talented team year
I think we played the most talented team of the year on perhaps their best night of the year.
forget halftime played playing runs score second team teams
We played as well as we could play in the first half. I said to this team at halftime this is really about us going out and playing a better second half. Forget about the score and try to put it away and not let teams make runs on you like they have.
normal played stellar terrific
We have a terrific backcourt. Jared played his normal stellar game.
guy high level played year
He's the most indispensable guy on our team. He's played at such a high level all year long.
catch fire games played start team winning
Canisius hasn't played to their expectations. But I think they are a team that is going to catch fire and start winning games in this league.
good people point stop surprised
At some point people are going to stop being surprised by Jared. He's a pretty good player.
developing floor guard guy harder move myriad ryan score situations skills
We move him around the floor and put him in a lot of situations where he could score in a myriad of ways. I think it's harder to guard a guy like Ryan when he is developing his skills and he's never in the same place on consecutive possessions.
again defensive difficult talked team
We talked to this team over and over again about defensive intensity. They made some very difficult shots.
couple finally floor game habits last practice realized season spring terms
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.
defend liberty plays post rebound run
Liberty plays so hard. They run hard, they rebound hard, they post defend hard. If you have poise, you give yourself a better chance.
communication helped skills team
I think his effort, his communication skills and his willingness to do all the little things has really helped our team immeasurably.
college continues proud teammate terrific year
Really, the thing I'm most proud about is, he continues to get better each year that he's been in college. He's a terrific kid, but he's a better teammate for our program.