Phil Martelli
Phil Martelli
Phil Martelliis an American college basketball coach and current coach of the Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball team. He has led Saint Joseph's to seven NCAA Tournaments and six NITs in 21 seasons as head coach...
delighted great win
I'm delighted for the seniors. It's also great to go out and get a win because every win is big in this league.
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When the ball doesn't go in the basket, you start hoping you can get out of town under the cloak of darkness. Confidence has dwindled here. We'll see whether the second half against La Salle has energized and picked up their emotional level. We've put ourselves in a precarious situation in terms of the league.
actions
The actions should never have happened. They are forgiven, but they are not forgotten.
feat monumental pick
This will be a monumental feat to get them and to get me back up. This is really hard. It will take a lot to pick them up psychologically.
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There is a certain arrogance that still says, 'How can anybody beat us at our own game.' Well, they have. We have to be more diligent throughout our program, understanding the nuances of international basketball.
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We let Robinson, who I think is having a wonderful, wonderful year and who I think is the most improved player in the Atlantic 10, loose in the first half. That was the only defensive slipup we had.
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You try to play your best basketball at the end of the year. We've clearly been playing our best basketball. We just have a feel that we're suppose to win these games.
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It's very, very disappointing because of our toughness. We showed it in the first half, and then for 12 minutes in the second half there was none. There was a bunch of little boys running around out there.
leave played players
I told our players the only thing we don't leave with is the trophy. We played like champions.
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There's a certain expectation at the University of Delaware that Monte signed on for. He will fight every day to make sure their expectations are fulfilled.
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Offensively, we were very poor in our execution. I was really concerned with our offense (coming into the game), and we proved that as we went forward.
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I thought coming in that there was no clear two (seed) and there was no clear 12. Maybe you say Richmond was 12, but there's a lot of teams that think they can win it now.
basketball college enter forever gave jim opportunity
Jim Boyle gave me an opportunity to enter college basketball in 1985 and I will be forever grateful.
academic number quotation schools
I would say that in my 21 years, the number of those schools has quadrupled, and I would put schools in quotation marks. They're not all academic institutions.