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,...
game taking
I did feel like the game was there for the taking from the beginning.
game taking
We're going to do what we've done all season. We're taking them one game at a time.
good half intensity job kept offense putting second taking tone
I thought we did a good job defensively in the first half of taking them out of their offense and that really set the tone for the game. We kept our intensity in the second half and did a good job of putting them away.
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.
enjoy
We just wanted to enjoy it for so long.
grinding
We just had to keep grinding and grinding.
confident couple glad gone kids last minutes pleased respect shot
The way it's gone down here, a dogfight to the finish, last shot would have pleased me just fine. We have that much respect for Lehigh. The way the last couple minutes went, I was glad our kids did keep their composure. This is a confident bunch. Not cocky, but confident.
bit brown came great plays stretch tremendous wound year
Brown has been tremendous all year long, at the beginning, I don't know if he was wound up a little bit or what. He made some great plays down the stretch and he really came through at the end.
kid thomas
The Thomas kid is doing it for them lately.
against ball believe establish five guys hard playing shot teams work
Teams just haven?t shot the ball well against us. We have five guys who believe in playing defense. They work hard at it. It?s an attitude, a way to establish themselves.
basketball good played
To be honest, we don't know a whole lot yet about Arkansas, other than that they played very good basketball down the stretch.
across basketball college committee earned followers given highest nine patriot program respect selection shows team
To be given a nine seed, the highest ever for a team from the Patriot League, shows that our program earned the respect of the selection committee and college basketball followers across the country.
along ball pitt rolling winning
I think going to Pitt and winning and St. Joe's got the ball rolling and as we went along we got confidence.
along ball pitt rolling saint winning
I think going to Pitt and winning and Saint Joe's got the ball rolling and as we went along we got confidence.