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
feet glad good home practice scenario
We've got to get home and practice that scenario a little more. I'm glad that A.J. didn't get his feet set, because they had a really good look.
caliber enjoy extra friday games gives glad playing straight three till
We're going to enjoy this for 48 hours. I'm glad we don't play till Friday because playing three games of this caliber in three straight days, it gives us an extra day to get some rest.
enjoy enjoyed glad last ncaa players sure
I'm glad we got a day for the players to enjoy what they did last weekend. We made sure they enjoyed it. But this (the NCAA tournament) is what you play for.
family glad playing whatever
I'm just glad we're not playing in the Family Friends Arena, or whatever that thing is called.
feet glad good
I'm just glad A.J. didn't get his feet set. He had a real good look there.
benefits gotten group guys learning matured older understand
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.
absolutely five issues pace seniors
We had absolutely no issues academically at all. Our five seniors are all on pace to graduate.
happen year
Those things happen every year. This year is not going to be any different.
fun run team
This team is having too much fun right now. We don't want this run to end Friday, we don't want it to end Sunday.
game himself led needed team took
This was the game where we needed him to score. He took it on himself to do that. He led the team today.
against five game top wins
This was a big game in a lot of ways. If we can get five wins against Top 25 teams, that's pretty special. You can't take that away, and it bodes well when we look at the postseason.
game
This was a big game in a lot of ways.
alex knew needed terrific
We just knew we needed about two minutes. We went with Alex and he was terrific in those two minutes.