Mike McConathy
Mike McConathy
Mike McConathyis the head men's basketball coach at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. He was reared in Bossier City and from 1983 to 1999 was the basketball coach at Bossier Parish Community College, originally an entity of the Bossier Parish School Board...
bottom proud top trash
You go from the top of the world to the bottom of the trash barrel, but that's OK. I'm really proud of these guys." ()
adjusting bit style toughest
They play a little bit different style of game, and I think sometimes adjusting to that is the toughest thing." ()
again felt mentally record second shut wear
You can't look at a record and say they aren't very good. Mentally you think we don't really have to do anything. They're going to come in and we'll be able to wear them down. I felt like we did that in the second half. We just shut it back down again and started doing the things we did in the first half." ()
group hardships heads hold special tough walk
This is a special group of kids. You look back at what they accomplished, it's remarkable. They accomplished that through a lot of hardships and tough seasons. It's something they can hold their heads up as they walk away." ()
bottom business mood top trash
It's a little different mood in here today. In this business you can go from the top of the world to the bottom of the trash barrel. But that's all right." ()
top trash
It's a little different for us today, going from the top of the world to the trash barrel." ()
coming depend difficult exactly example five focus greater guys hitting individual points prepare slowing team upset vulnerable
There's no greater example of team before individual than what they've done. When you depend on two guys to get points, you're vulnerable to get upset by a lower-level team that is hitting you from five different ways. That's difficult to prepare for, because you don't know where we're going to hit you from ... in reverse, we know exactly where their points are coming from and we can focus on slowing them down." ()
against athletes believe bigger good hard intensity level style
The style we play is the style we believe we can be competitive with. At our level, if you can get some good athletes that can play hard and you can keep the intensity level up, then we think we can be competitive against bigger schools." ()
depth major people played ran sudden tend wear
Our depth has played a major factor. We tend to wear people down. You look at the UTSA game, they had everything going their way and then all of a sudden it's like they ran into a wall." ()
It was an unbelievable rush, but we can't be satisfied. There is so much more we can accomplish." ()
tells turned
We had 24 turnovers and they turned them into 26 points, so I think that pretty much tells the story of the game." ()
anybody deeper shoot sure
We'd better make sure that we're up on them, because they can shoot it so much deeper than anybody we've played." ()
believe situation tested together whatever win
I think it's maturity. They've been together for so long. They've been tested in so many different arenas. They believe they can win whatever the situation is." ()
bought gratifying guys selfless team
I don't have my thesaurus, but gratifying will do just right. It's very true. These guys have bought into what we try to do. They are selfless and they have bought into the idea that the MVP of the team is the team." ()