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
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McNaughton is a handful. I've got one of the best defensive centers in the country and I hope he doesn't get in any kind of foul trouble. He relishes shutting someone down. He's going to make McNaughton earn every basket. We don't want him to shoot a high percentage -- that's our goal.
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On film sometimes you say you are doing that in the Patriot League, but he also had 20 something against Kansas and a big game against Syracuse. He's a high level player that just happens to be at a school that maybe doesn't get that much recognition.
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To average 34 points in a Chicago public school league, which has great competition, speaks highly of his ability.
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We're more concerned about playing at a high level. We're doing a lot of things well, but we have to bring our 'A' game because we have high goals.
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They play at a much higher level at home. I have to make sure our players understand that and that we're prepared for that.
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Auburn is a difficult team to play because they have so many different defenses. We wanted to make sure we had a high energy level. I thought we responded pretty well in the second half.
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Uno. That's the highest ranked team we've beaten, the best win we've had. There were a lot of heroes.
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We tried to get after them defensively without Strawberry. McCray did a good job handling the pressure.
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We tried to get after them defensively without Strawberry, ... McCray did a good job handling the pressure.
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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?
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We will support him and he knows that. We will make sure that he continues to work hard.
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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.
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We identified a few players late and we really feel like we got the player we wanted.
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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.