Stan Heath
Stan Heath
Stanley Heath, IIIwas the head men's basketball coach at the University of South Florida. Heath formerly served as basketball coach of the University of Arkansas and Kent State University, the latter of whom he led to the Elite Eight of the 2002 NCAA Basketball Tournament. He led all three programs to at least one NCAA Tournament...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth17 December 1964
confident consistent guy late spot stretch terms
We just haven't had the consistent play at that spot and it's been something that's hindered us, especially late in the game, in terms of having a guy who is comfortable and confident down the stretch to make plays.
carry clearly confidence defensive job momentum offensive plays shown
We've clearly shown that we're a lot better making defensive and offensive plays down the stretch. We're doing a much better job now. That confidence and momentum should carry us.
bit ferguson guard key match players
We need to get Ferguson going a little bit more. That will be a big key for us because he defensively can match up and guard some players on their team.
conference focused good practice practiced
You can tell it's Southeastern Conference time. For our first day of practice this week, we were focused and we practiced very hard. We had good camaraderie.
expect georgia great guards guys momentum next step team time tournament
We have got great momentum going into the tournament now. We'll play these guys again, and I really think Georgia is a much better team than they showed today. I really expect their guards to step up in the tournament. Next time is going to be a lot tougher.
christmas couple days excited good left playing practice
We left off playing pretty good, so I wasn't excited about the (Christmas) break. But we've had a couple of good days of practice this week.
arkansas great recreate restore tradition trying
We're trying to recreate and restore a great tradition of Arkansas basketball. This is the first step.
free key
Two key things. We didn't make threes and we didn't make the free throws. If we had made some of those, we could have had a different outcome.
win
Every win we can get is very important.
game
For 39:30 we outplayed them and had the game in hand. It's a game that set us back.
bass davis feet great hands happening moves scary
It's scary because he moves around well, he's got great hands and great feet and he's doing a lot of things because Bass isn't there anymore. More things are happening for Davis and he's responding.
game monster second spots tough
The No. 8-9 spots are not necessarily where you want to be. That is always a tough game because it's two even teams, and even if you win, then you play a monster (the No. 1 seed) in the second round.
ability both minutes sean shots tough
I've got to find them more minutes and get them more involved. They are both tough - Sean with his ability to make shots and Cyrus with his ability to get rebounds.
bother days good grind mentality played shots tough
I've got this old Piston mentality of how they played in the old days and how they play now. Sometimes when those shots aren't falling, you can just grind out a win, just tough it out with rebounds, good defense. That doesn't bother me.