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...
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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." ()
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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." ()
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It's a little different for us today, going from the top of the world to the trash barrel." ()
It was an unbelievable rush, but we can't be satisfied. There is so much more we can accomplish." ()
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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." ()
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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." ()
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Very strong, ball control, very good defensive team. When you play against Iowa, with the talent they have and the coaching staff they have, it's a big concern. Most teams have fragments that are good; they seem to have the whole package." ()
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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." ()
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I would like to see that. But more importantly, I would rather see a win." ()
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We were a bit surprised by how physical they are. They have a lot of strong kids with big chests and they take it right to you. They brought it to us first and we weren't able to respond quickly enough to make a difference." ()
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We never quit. They believe they can win. We started talking about the fact that they have to believe it's a 40-minute game. It's not a 39 minute and 50 second game." ()
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We get hung up on basketball and winning games, but when you reflect back to that and you've lost everything, it makes you thankful for what you have. That is a life experience that has helped them grow as young men and as basketball players." ()
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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." ()
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What this means I can't put into words. It's clearing a hurdle. We know we have a team that can win games in the NCAA Tournament, but to have that chance, we had to win this game." ()