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
closed proud
I was really proud of the way we closed out each half.
close needed
We've been in so many close games. We made some mistakes, but when we needed to we made big plays.
close continue leave ncaa season selected today tournament
If (the NCAA tournament teams) were selected today I think we'd be in. But there's still no guarantees. We have to continue to play well and close out the season the right way and not leave everything to chance.
close games similar situations
They've had some similar situations that we've had. They've had some close games that didn't go their way.
attacked closed defense game key
The key to the game was the way we closed out the first half. We tightened up on defense and attacked them on offense.
good handling job tried
We tried to get after them defensively without Strawberry. McCray did a good job handling the pressure.
good handling job tried
We tried to get after them defensively without Strawberry, ... McCray did a good job handling the pressure.
break couple days game heart hungry job next sacrifices talked
We talked about how much the game hurt, but we don't want it to break their confidence. The next couple of days we have to find out how hungry we are. Are they going to make sacrifices and put their heart out there to get the job done?
continues knows support sure work
We will support him and he knows that. We will make sure that he continues to work hard.
defensive florida game good half held man pick second steven using
With Florida you have got to pick a poison. I thought in the second half by using man where there was more one-on-one coverage, Steven (Hill) really held his own. I thought he had a really good game on the defensive end.
few identified late players
We identified a few players late and we really feel like we got the player we wanted.
contagious dug lost ourselves streak winning
It would be a big boost. We lost the first two and dug ourselves a hole. Winning is contagious. We want to get on a contagious winning streak as we go down the stretch.
game goes last prepared rough start three win
The start is a key. We have to be prepared for a rough game that goes down to the last two or three possessions and find a way to win it.
fine line played pleased road
I've been really pleased with actually how we've played as a whole on the road. Now, it's just that fine line of getting that big road victory.