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
game obviously tough
It is obviously a tough game for us.
fact fighting fights-and-fighting numbers people trend
I think some people would say the numbers are the same. But with the casinos, we're fighting a trend and everyone else is going down, ... The fact is, we're not going down. Our people do go to the casinos, but they don't go up there every day.
either great inside key load
He's a load in the paint, and I think he's a big key to their team. He's great with either hand, and they really like to get it inside to him.
kindness wants
He's kind of evaluating what he wants to do.
sit
He's going to sit out this weekend. It's kind of a wait?and?see.
percent tape
He's fine. If he had to play today, he would probably have to tape it and go. But he's going to be 100 percent by Friday.
finish five last special thus
Hopefully, they can finish here during the last five weeks. Because it's been a special year, thus far.
clicking group hard three
When they're all three clicking like that, it's a hard group to beat.
clicking group hard
When they're all clicking like that, they're a hard group to play against.
last longer met talked
We met at 5:30 (Sunday afternoon). And at 5:40 we no longer talked about the last game.
affect locker minutes nasty offense poor room second seven stretch
Our first 10 minutes out of the locker room (in the second half) is something we can't do. We let out poor offense - we had seven turnovers in that stretch - affect our defense. If you have poor offense, you need to have nasty defense.
difference guards iowa starting three
Our three starting guards got outscored (by Iowa State's guards) 48-29. If you look at assists-to-turnovers, which has a lot to do with guard play...that was probably the difference in the game.
directed energy entire focus helping hope incredible ncaa questions ready respect team ten urge win
Out of respect for me and my program, I hope all questions are directed at this year's team. For those of you that have that incredible urge to go elsewhere, out of respect for you, I have this comment: My entire focus and energy is helping my team win a Big Ten championship and get ready for the NCAA Tournament. This is my only concern.
appreciate built choosing craig dividends efforts factor forth hard head key paying positive puts recruiting tyler work
Our recruiting efforts have been built on establishing positive relationships, and that was a key factor in Tyler choosing our program. I appreciate the hard work (associate head coach) Craig Neal puts forth in his recruiting efforts. Those efforts are paying dividends for the program.