Rob Spivery
Rob Spivery
Rob SpiveryJanuary 9, 1949) is an American college basketball coach and the former head men's basketball coach at Southern University. He previously held the same position at Alabama State University. He was hired as Southern's coach on May 5, 2005 and was given a five-year contract, paying $125,000 per annum. On April 2, 2011 it was announced that Southern would not retain his services...
both foul good guys late peter player
Peter has been a very good player for us all year. We wanted to go to him late because both of Arkansas-Pine Bluff's big guys were in foul trouble.
chance compete matter named players playing school welcoming
It's a matter of the players welcoming the chance and not being intimidated by playing a school named Duke. As long as they compete like they have all year.
changes earned experience feeling glad good opportunity players team
It's a good feeling to be champions, and I'm glad our players have the opportunity to experience it. The team responded very well to the changes this year, and they have earned this opportunity.
best character easily guys panicked shows
We could've easily panicked but we didn't. That shows the character of a championship team. Our guys withstood the best they could come after us with.
covers ground quickness realize strength tonight tough
I did not realize Aldridge was as long as he is. He covers a lot of ground out there. Very tough to defend. Tonight it was real tough on us because of the size, strength and quickness around the basket.
defend outside
One of our concentrations was to defend outside shots.
amount couple great hostile knew played playing poise season team
This team has played with a great amount of poise all year. We've been down a couple of times this season and come back. So, it's something I knew we could do. That wasn't easy, playing here in a hostile environment.
applying credit quickness strength texas tough
It was kind of tough for us with their size, strength and quickness around the basket. Give Texas credit for applying the pressure.
came few great past program satisfying tradition year
It is very satisfying considering that we came in here in our first year and resurrected a great program with tradition that hadn't done well in the past few years.
offensive output
I thought we competed, and competed very hard. A little more offensive output by us, and it could've been a different story.
best southern talent
I thought Southern had always had the best talent in our league. For some reason, it wasn't all put together.
chance defense extremely played shoot
I thought our defense was outstanding. We didn't shoot particularly well, but we played defense and rebounded extremely well. When you do those two things effectively, you'll usually have a chance to win.
affected games home
How much it affected us, I really can't say, because we did not play many home games in that stretch, anyway.