Rob Evans
Rob Evans
Robert Oran Evansis an American college basketball coach. He is currently the associate head coach with the University of North Texas. Evans served as head coach of the Ole Miss Rebels from 1992 to 1998, and as the head coach of the Arizona State University Sun Devils from 1998 to 2006...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth7 September 1946
CityHobbs, NM
biggest care lack offensive patience score
The biggest thing is lack of patience on the offensive end. You're not going to score if you don't get a look at the basket, so we need to take better care of the basketball.
guys talent worried
I'm not worried about the big guys on our bench. They've got talent. They'll be OK.
basketball inside rebounds
With him in the ballgame, we are a different basketball team. We have a place to go inside to get some baskets and rebounds and he alters shots.
ability athletic basketball beat cerebral playing team themselves
You have to beat them; they're not going to beat themselves because they're a very cerebral basketball team. They're not the most athletic team in the world, but they're going to negate your athletic ability by playing smart.
issues next work
There's just a lot of issues to work with, and the next one is regulation.
best great including losing lost magnitude next player players ready senior several shooting solid talent toll understand
I understand we lost some great talent, including the player who would have been the best senior in the nation, ... Losing a player of that magnitude will take a toll on any program. But we recruited well, have some solid shooting and feel that several players are ready to take that next step.
against coached game life team three
I've never coached against a team with only three turnovers in one game in my life.
key momentum point swung technical
It was a key point in the ballgame. That swung the whole momentum the other way. The technical was pointless.
concerned goes longer obviously
Obviously the longer it goes on the more concerned we get.
anybody came defense dug flat fought half hole obviously ourselves points second solid
Obviously our defense wasn't very solid tonight, we can't give up 100 points to anybody and be successful. We came out flat in the first half and fought back in the second half but we dug ourselves a hole because we didn't get up and defend.
approach basketball cerebral change emotions good helped jeff knows locker pick room tells trouble
They know each other on the basketball floor, but they also are good for each other. Jeff is more cerebral and knows how to keep his emotions in check. Sylvester has had trouble controlling his emotions, but Jeff has helped him do that. Jeff has told me how to approach Sylvester. In the locker room at times, it's Jeff who tells Sylvester to pick it up or change something abut his game.
combat fresh kept throwing
They didn't do anything different. He just got tired. They've got a lot of bodies, and they kept throwing fresh ones at him, and we don't have enough to combat that.
If you think you're snake-bit, you're already defeated.
black four guard kids might point white
In those days, four black kids might start, but a white kid always started at point guard. In those days, the point guard was thought of as the intelligent position, just like quarterback in football.