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
basketball last tougher
It was the same scenario. The last 5 minutes, I just thought they were the tougher basketball team.
adam against best complete cut effort tough year
That was the best he's cut all year and against a very tough defense, too. That was a complete effort out of Adam tonight.
appreciate great resolve respond tough
That's what I appreciate the most about our guys. They've really got great resiliency and resolve about them. They know how to respond after a tough setback.
anyone bit home league starting tougher
We've got 12 home wins, the most of anyone in the league right now. It's starting to become a bit of a tougher place to play.
game obviously tough
It is obviously a tough game for us.
basketball five last stops tougher
In the last five minutes, they were the tougher basketball team. They got the stops they needed, and we did not.
beat felt good start tough
I never felt like we were in it. They are very good at the start of each half, that's their staple. We weren't very good, and they were awfully good and they're tough to beat here when they play that way.
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.
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.