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
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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.
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.
against coached game life team three
I've never coached against a team with only three turnovers in one game in my life.
issues next work
There's just a lot of issues to work with, and the next one is regulation.
front good hard job tried work worked
We really worked on him. We really tried to front him. We tried to make him work hard to get the basketball. I thought we did a good job on him. We just couldn't keep him off the free-throw line.
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.
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.
against early game games gotten improved iowa played santa six tested
We've improved every game we've played. We played some games early that tested us against Santa Barbara, Iowa and Minnesota. We've gotten better. We're still a very young team. We've got six new guys.
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.
campus chance competing help improve last meetings met ncaa needs players returning six skills spending staff summer tournament weight year
We met with the six returning players from last year and in those meetings my staff and I went over what each of them needs to do to improve their skills and help the team, ... With the improvements that all the returning players have made by spending the summer on campus and working in the weight room, in conditioning and on their skills, we have a chance to be right where we were last year and that is competing for an NCAA Tournament spot.
deserve golfing longtime love loved luck people
We're longtime friends, we're golfing buddies. I told him, 'Good luck in retirement. Of all the people I know you deserve it,' and I said, 'I love you' and he said he loved me.
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.