Paul Hewitt
Paul Hewitt
Paul Harrington Hewittis an American college basketball coach and the former head coach at Georgia Institute of Technologyand George Mason University. He grew up in Westbury, New York...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth4 May 1963
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Those are the kinds of things you look back on and realize that so many people benefit from passing along their experiences, their successes and their failures. It meant a lot to me.
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I remember one game we played and the team was pressing us and I had him bringing the ball up the court. A fellow coach, a friend of mine called me and said, 'Either you're a genius or you're crazy. How do you have a 6-10 freshman bringing the ball up the court? Don't you realize that every NBA team will see that?
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It just makes you realize how blessed you are.
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You realized very early on it wasn't just about basketball. It was a platform to help people. The winning of the game became somewhat insignificant.
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When you don't do the little things - the boxing out, the transition defense, all the things you have to do - you leave it to a chance or you leave it to a bounce.
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We said if someone's going to beat us, let him be the guy. We didn't want him to be that wide open, but they have a lot of shooters.
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We need to do a better job of getting the ball in his hands. That's something we did not do well in the Air Force game. It's something we made a point of today, especially with Mario West out, to try to get him more touches and more involved. I still think, actually, he can get some more shots.
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This was the first game in about a month where I don't feel like we took a step forward. We'd been improving every game up until today.
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We knew coming into the game that defending the 3-point line was going to be a big part of our job and obviously we didn't do that very well.
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You have to get lucky in recruiting and stay injury-free. There are just so many things that can impact your success, it can really be out of your control.
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Believe me, I understand the whole aspect that kids have to represent their team and their school and their family, but mistakes are going to be made. Because somebody is an 18-year-old basketball player doesn't create a situation where that person is going to make decisions that are any more mature than another 18-year-old.
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Binge drinking is defined as ... five or more drinks in a sitting (which is approximately two hours) for a man and four or more drinks in a sitting for a woman. EE-CARD has two main focuses, one being educating youth and (the other), raising the awareness of our community.
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The good ones understand that their role begins and ends with the scoreboard. The scoreboard will tell you if you've been successful or not. That's it.
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Virginia Tech got into the passing lanes and really rattled us.