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
locked minimum ncaa seven solid teams
Right now we've got seven really solid teams that have probably locked up NCAA bids. I think we've got a minimum of seven right now.
appreciate basketball behalf brian commitment continued director efforts extended felt hard hard-work last move moves necessary operations past program progress rich seasons seven six straight successes toward winning wins work
We appreciate the hard work and efforts that Rich and Greg have extended on behalf of this program over the past seven years. With 46 wins in the last two seasons and six straight winning seasons, they have contributed to a lot of the successes we have enjoyed. In my long?term commitment toward the future, I wanted to move Brian to director of basketball operations and felt these moves were necessary for the continued progress of the program.
assume degree freshman seven
A freshman has only about 25% of his degree completed. They go off to play professional basketball, and to assume they will come back and get the degree done five, six, seven years later, I don't see that happening.
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.
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.
credit second shoot
The second half, we just couldn't make a shot. And you've got to give credit to their defense. But you can't shoot 30 percent. We fouled too much the second half.
forget happened hard seniors staff trying worked
The staff really worked hard at trying to get (players) to forget about what happened Saturday. The seniors then did the rest.
focused handle team tremendous year
I've been in it long enough - I can handle all that. We really are focused on what we're doing. This has been a tremendous ride. What this team has accomplished this year has been phenomenal.
basketball fans great happen intense national prelude
Fans will see intense basketball and competitive games. It will be a great prelude to what will happen in the national tournament.