Norm Roberts
Norm Roberts
Norman Robertsis a men's college basketball coach. He is currently an assistant coach at Kansas and is the former head coach of the St. John's Red Storm...
deserve doubt good
They're a very, very, very good team. They deserve to be No. 1, no doubt about that.
family
It was a family decision. I didn't feel there was any negativity. Cedric has to know he's been important to us.
anybody chance compete focus huge learn learned practice week win
It's a huge win for our program. But we have to take this and learn from it just as we have learned from our losses. If we can have the same focus we did this week in practice and in this game, we have a chance to compete with anybody in the country.
games locker means playing room
I told them in the locker room that it does hurt, but that means we're playing games that mean something.
defensive four game games good last
I told them we've got to have a defensive mindset. We're not good in high-scoring games. I thought we did some really good things in this game but we just didn't play well in the last four minutes.
conference overall tournament
It's probably odd. You shouldn't be able to play in a prestigious tournament if you are under .500. You take a conference like ours, to get to .500, it's unbelievable. With conference record, you could be under .500, but overall record, you should be over .500.
choose definitely early excited garden kid man slam son telling wants
The young man was definitely excited about the Garden and St. John's, but it wasn't a slam dunk. Anthony told me early on: 'I'm not telling my kid where to go. We may be friends, but my son is going to choose where he wants to go.'
great people
They have a great player, he makes unbelievable shots. Most people don't make those shots.
basket close definitely guys hard played throughout
Our thought our guys battled hard, played hard throughout the whole game. They couldn't make a basket there at the end...pretty close to, but just couldn't put any in. It definitely was not a 16-point game.
chance east
(Rutgers) is a big game. I think we'll have a chance to be in the Big East Tournament.
beings biggest body gray great human job
Gray his huge. He's one of the biggest human beings I've ever seen. But he's done a great job getting his body in shape.
gonna road turned turning win year
You're never gonna win on the road turning it over as many times as we did. We turned it over 27 times and that's the most turnovers I think we've had all year in a game.
basketball east game physical time
It's Big East basketball. Big East basketball is that way. It's a physical game every time you play in the league.
dad decision felt good pressure process recruiting son worked
All through the recruiting process his dad was involved, but he wanted to let his son make his own decision. He didn't want his son to come to St. John's because he felt pressure to come to New York. His son made his own decision and I think it worked out pretty good for him.