Sean Sutton
Sean Sutton
Sean Patrick Suttonwas the head coach of the Oklahoma State University men's basketball program from 2006 until April 1, 2008. He is currently an assistant at Oral Roberts University. As a college player and coach, Sutton has been part of over 400 victories, with 391 coming as a coach. As of April 2012, Sean has 39 wins as a head coach at Oklahoma State and 352 as an assistant coach at Mississippi, Oklahoma State and Oral Roberts. In 22 seasons,...
ball came caught chance control eventually extend inside lead smith
We wanted to extend the lead to 15 or 18. We had a real chance to control the game. (Boston College) battled back. They got the ball inside and chipped away. They eventually caught us. Dudley and Smith came up big for them.
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It means a great deal for him that people have shown support for him in this tough situation. He feels a lot better, moves around better and looks better. Whether he coaches again, I don't know. He'll have to decide that.
emotions tough
It's a tough day because of the emotions of what's transpired.
basketball lose point seconds three tough
It's a tough way to lose a basketball game. When you have a three point lead, and there's under two seconds to go, you foul.
confusion early good job mixing zone
They did a good job mixing up the zone defense, and there was a lot of confusion on our part early on.
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It might take some time, but this will evolve into a much better tournament than it's been in recent years. It doesn't change anybody's goal. Everybody's goal is to play in the NCAA Tournament. But you still want to be playing this time of year. It's sure better than the alternative.
attitude confident played pleased stretch tough
We're pleased with the way they've played down the stretch under tough circumstances. I like the attitude of our guys. They are confident and feel like they've made improvement.
appreciate future program success wish
We appreciate what Roderick has done for our program and we wish him much success in his future endeavors.
basketball close games lose rise tough
Tough way to lose a basketball game. There have been a lot of close games this year. At the end of games, you've got to rise up and make plays.
handled players positive possibly tough
Tough day because of what's transpired. But I told our players to keep a positive mindset. ... It's unfortunate, but I thought they handled it as well as they possibly could.
carry continue hope momentum motivated next team
That team in '96 would not have been motivated to continue playing. This team will respond. We hope to play well and carry some momentum into next season.
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There will be a lot of great programs in this tournament that have had success in the NCAA Tournament. This is still an opportunity to achieve something. I told our players there's still a possibility they can win a championship.
confidence defend dig trouble
This is a disappointing setback. We still have confidence in our players, but we can't do the things that got us in trouble tonight. We didn't dig in and defend and we didn't rebound.
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I thought the first 25 minutes is maybe as well as we played all season long. We went through a period then where we relaxed a little bit. The defensive end lost a little bit of our aggressiveness and then offensively we weren't aggressive in getting the ball inside and let the shot clock run down several times.