Steve Alford
Steve Alford
Stephen Todd Alfordis an American basketball coach and former player who is currently the head coach of the UCLA Bruins men's basketball team...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth23 November 1964
CityFranklin, IN
CountryUnited States of America
bad defeat
This isn't the end of the season, but it's a bad defeat.
advantage chance complete gives grind
This gives us a chance to get some rest. It's been a long grind for us. So we want to take complete advantage of the break.
learn starting takes
Adam's starting to learn what it takes (on defense).
ball dictate difference execute five four might teams whether win
Some teams really try to execute and score, other teams just get the ball in. That will dictate whether we go man, or whether we go zone. If you can win the under-out or side-out game, by two, three, four or five points, that sometimes might be the difference in the game.
guess helped last nice playing team time
Northwestern hasn't helped us in a long, long time ... so I guess it'd be nice if they would help. You have a lot of interesting games. Every team is playing for something here in this last week.
adding adds benefit classes group tyler
Adding Tyler to that group not only adds to our 2006 class, but will also benefit our 2007 and 2008 classes as well.
excited guys
I think the guys are excited about what they've done.
came gave half james patient second
I thought Dee was awfully patient and then James came back in the second half and gave them a big lift. But Randle and McBride were probably the difference.
exception maybe teams
I thought all the teams were going to be better in our league, with maybe the exception of Illinois. I thought they'd be very good.
basketball break good hit
It hit us at a good time. We hadn't had a break for a while. We got away from basketball Sunday, and we got away from it (Wednesday).
came couple finish glass good half hurt inability leads offensive
I thought we had a couple of good leads in each half and we didn't finish either. It came down to our inability to keep them off the offensive glass and turnovers. That really hurt us.
good start
I thought this was a good way to start the tournament.
came maybe obviously pushed weekend work
I think we probably came in here as a No. 4 seed, maybe even a No. 5. Because of our work this weekend it's pushed us into a No. 3 seed, which is obviously very special.
game great half leadership second start
I thought our leadership was tremendous. At the start of the game it was very good, and at the start of the second half it was very good. It's a great way to start a tournament.