Matt Doherty
Matt Doherty
Matthew Francis "Matt" Dohertyis a former American college basketball coach and current scout for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association. He is the former head men's basketball coach at the University of Notre Dame, the University of North Carolina, Florida Atlantic University, and Southern Methodist University. He has also worked as an NCAA basketball analyst for ESPN...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth25 February 1962
CityEast Meadow, NY
hopefully league smarter
We just have to be smarter, and hopefully we will be smarter in league play.
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Stetson scored 23 points off turnovers. We have to take care of the ball and take good shots. We have to make the easy play because Gordon sits back there like a free safety picking off passes.
job
I look at this as a destination job. I didn't want to take a job to take another job.
create days embrace last memories three
They have to embrace the excitement. These three days can create memories that last a lifetime.
asked basketball care embraced himself playing taking talk worked
He's so unselfish. He has really embraced the things we talk about with. He's worked on taking care of the basketball and playing defense. He's asked himself to do everything I've asked him to do.
attitude kick lack proud quite since
I didn't know if he had it in him, quite frankly. I didn't know if he was going to quit or if we were going to have to kick him off the team. Sometimes there was a lack of effort, and his attitude wasn't the best, but he's come a long way since then and I'm proud of him.
basketball gets guard pushes team
He really pushes the basketball and gets into gaps. No one person can guard him. It has to be a team effort.
adapt advantage commands guy occurs says team
He's the only guy on the team that really commands a double-team. ... That says something about a freshman. Now we have to be able to adapt when that occurs to take advantage of the double-team.
ball basket game perform throw
I'm disappointed. We just didn't perform very well and we couldn't throw the ball in the ocean. ... When you know it's one game and you're done, the basket can look a little small.
build energy hope playing
I hope we build on this. If we play with that kind of energy and lose, I can live with that. But we haven't been playing with that kind of energy.
kindness mall wife
In a way it's kind of nice. I can go to the mall with my wife and not be recognized.