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
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I think he was mad at me for the four minutes he sat. But he practices this hard. You should have seen Monday's practice; he was on the floor right away. A lot of other guys would have been hesitant with the injury that he had. But he was ready to play the Drake game. That's just who Jeff is.
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I think guys are getting more confident. We're shooting the ball better, yet the defense has stayed pretty consistent. We always felt like we could go to another level as a team if our shooting would all of a sudden kick in.
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We didn't even talk about whether (Strickland) was going to be in or not be in. I think the guys did a good job of handling that, because we know we've been on the other end.
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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.
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Dan's done a terrific job of keeping his guys together. They're going to be a very dangerous team down the stretch, in particular in the Big Ten tournament. They have a lot of experience, and they exposed us at both ends of the floor.
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Dan has done a tremendous job keeping his guys together and playing extremely hard. They're going to be very dangerous down the stretch and, in particular, the Big Ten tournament.
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I've had a lot of special kids in my coaching career, but this guy ? he just wants it. And, he doesn't want to take time off. He's a special player who's the key to our team. He came back with both feet in.
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It's been an unbelievable thing for me to walk Bruin Walk and walk past Coach Wooden's statue, a guy that when I was in elementary school, it's Coach Wooden winning his final championship, his 10th in 12 years.
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When Wilt played, there weren't a lot of guys his size. Now you've got guards that are 6-7 or 6-8. For (Bryant) to do that is a phenomenal feat.
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You've got two guys that have probably done more for Illinois basketball than anybody in the history of the program. That says a lot, because there have been some great players here.
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You never like to lose a guy who's meant so much, not only to our program, but to athletics in general at our school.
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I think the guys are excited about what they've done.
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Our guys were just so much more active. We have played awfully good defense all year, but this may have been our best 40-minute effort.