Pat Flannery
Pat Flannery
Pat Flanneryis a former head men's basketball coach at Bucknell University. He was born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. Pat attended Pottsville Area High School and graduated in 1976. He was a standout guard on the Bucknell team and lead the Bison to several league championships before graduating in 1980. While the head men's basketball coach of the Bucknell Bison, Flannery had many accomplishment. In the 2006 regular season, for example, the Bison went undefeated in Patriot league play. Even more impressively,...
effort inside second took
Our inside effort really took it in the second half.
bring chance close fans forward friend game home jay looking night players special team welcome
I think it is going to be a very special night for Jay to bring a top-ranked team back to his alma mater. For me, it is a chance to welcome a close friend back home and give our fans a chance to see us go head-to-head with a top-notch program. I know for our players it is a game they are really looking forward to.
almost game players threw
I almost threw them out. It was more like (the players saying), 'When's the game going to get here?
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People haven't shot the ball well against us. That's what happens sometimes. As far as what we want to do and how we want to do it, we have five guys that believe in playing the way we are playing defensively, and that attitude is what allows us to establish ourselves sometimes.
kids played playoffs
I think our kids were a little rushed. It's playoffs and we played that way. We played really fast.
feet touched
I think our feet have touched the ground, but just barely.
aggressive coming excited force kids questions screens taking
I haven?t had any questions about the kids and where they?re taking shots. I get excited when we?re aggressive coming off screens and taking shots, even when (defenders) are trailing. But I can?t force them. They are the ones playing. They have to make those decisions.
They look so big on film. They?re all so long and athletic.
happen
It was just the kind of thing where we didn't read it well. That was a miscommunication, and they happen in the game.
half knocked trying
In the first half we were a little impatient. They knocked us out of some things we were trying to do.
group kids realize step taught
I don't know if you can step out of character. This is a group of kids that's level-headed, they realize how big things are and how important things are, but they have fun. They've taught all of us to have fun.
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Charles used to drag Donald (Brown) to the gym every day. (Lee) worked with (Brown), helped him with his confidence.
basketball good passing
I don't want to go there. I can't look at that. They're good enough just by getting in passing lanes. We have a good basketball team, and we'll play another day.
couple mean remind time year
I don't mean to be a tyrant. A couple threes here and there, and you want to go and slop it up. That's not these kids. They haven't been like that all year. I wanted to remind them the time of year it is. That's disrespectful, and that's not our team.