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
heading hopefully rest
I think he'll be okay. We can get him a lot of rest heading into the weekend. Hopefully he'll be okay.
bit great hopefully less shooting stress team
It's been a great team effort. Our shooting is getting better, which hopefully will put a little bit less stress on our defense.
experience happen helps hope upsets veteran
A lot of times, those upsets happen when you don't have a veteran team. We've got to hope that experience helps us.
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.
coming games heck home hope win
That's a heck of a stretch. Now we've got two very big home games coming up, and we have to win those games and hope something else happens.
energy exploited hoped level quick quite seemed step
I just thought they exploited us every way we could be exploited. We seemed to be a step behind. They're quick and athletic, and we just seemed to not have quite the energy level that we hoped to have.
good guys hope later trend
I hope it's because our guys keep getting better. We've had a trend here (where) we keep getting better later in the year. That's a good trend.
again beat beats chance control four hope somebody teams
These are four important games. The teams you play one time, you don't get another chance to play them again if they beat you. If you win, you control your own destiny. If you don't, you have to hope somebody else beats that team.
center dominated favor position
We just got dominated on the glass. I thought the center position was really in favor of them.
faith jeff might putting warm
We might play him 5 or 6 minutes, then take him out. Yet Jeff might say that makes it tight, and it's better if he can keep it warm and go. We're putting our faith in him to let us know. . .
aspects financial
We try to take the financial aspects out of the injury,
expected seen today zone
We expected to see zone today - we hadn't seen zone in two weeks.
energy focus minutes
We are two minutes after the game. My whole focus and energy haven't changed. I put everything into this.
basketball last tougher
It was the same scenario. The last 5 minutes, I just thought they were the tougher basketball team.