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
average expect good night
If we don't play well, we'll get beat. We're just not good enough to have an average to below-average night and expect to win.
journey midst obviously special team tremendous win
Obviously a tremendous, tremendous win for our team and our program. We're in the midst of a very special journey right now.
pool running workouts
Pool workouts are great, but it's not running up and down the hardwood 94 feet.
games michigan since talk talking
Since we got back from Michigan State, we didn't just talk about Indiana. We started talking about this week. We've grouped these two games together.
focus since tells
Since those things broke, we're 7?2. I think that tells everyone where our focus has been.
against broke energy five focus since tells ten title top wins
Since those things broke we are 7-2, and five of those wins have come against top 25 opponents. There's a Big Ten title in there, and I think that tells everyone where our energy and focus has been.
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Minnesota is a team who knows they've got to continue to advance to help their postseason (chances), and that's scary because they have so many seniors.
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Maybe your anxiety and nerves are different. Every year it seems we're on the brink and not knowing how many games we had to win or in '01 knowing we needed to win all of them to get in. It's a different feeling this year. There's the pressure that we think we're a pretty good basketball team and winning one of the two Big Ten championships is out there.
focus next
My focus now will be on next year's team.
alex knew needed terrific
We just knew we needed about two minutes. We went with Alex and he was terrific in those two minutes.
hold percent regardless team
To hold a team to 28 percent shooting, regardless of circumstance, is pretty impressive.
fun guys ready
This year's been easy. This has been a fun team. And I don't think these guys are ready to be done just yet.
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When you end up getting into the profession, you end up learning how important that end is. This is a group of guys who have gotten older and matured through the Big Ten. ... They understand the benefits that go into defending.
fortunate grind point wins
When you get to this point of the season, all wins are difficult. We were fortunate to grind out the win.