Ted Woodward
Ted Woodward
Ted Woodwardis the former head men's basketball coach for the Maine Black Bears. He took over the position vacated by John Giannini in 2004, and compiled a 117-178 in 10 seasons at the helm. He has two children with his wife, Linda...
difficult loss numerous replace
His loss is very difficult to replace in numerous ways.
belt keeps replace time
You can't replace minutes. He's getting the time under his belt and he just keeps getting better and better.
basketball days five four good half playing
We were playing very good basketball four or five days ago, even in the first half of the Hartford game. We just have to get back to doing the things we do.
chance consistent fill guy holes talking
I've been talking to him a lot about doing this on a consistent basis. He is a guy who has a chance to fill some of these holes for us.
huge question
There's no question Ernest was huge for us during that stretch.
blow came forget good huge margin people team telling week
We don't have a huge margin for error. We'd been doing good things because we were progressing, but I'd been telling them all week not to forget where they came from. This is not a team that's going to go blow people out.
great happy waiting
I was very happy with how he played. We've been waiting for that and I thought he did a great job.
active guards needed playing quickness three
We were very active on defense. We were playing three guards so we needed to use our quickness to get some tips. We were able to get that tonight.
boards focus huge offensive struggling
That was huge for us. We've been struggling on the offensive boards and that was, again, a big focus tonight.
calming definition fights focusing freddy influence step
Freddy is the definition of a leader. He's a calming and focusing influence and he fights every game, every step of the way.
chris game phil rebounds
Phil had another big game for us. He and Chris had all the big rebounds for us down the stretch.
america guys history maine sink takes team time versus
So many guys on this team have never been through the America East, they don't know the history of Maine versus Vermont. When you have so many new guys, it takes some time for all that to sink in.
cut good surprised won work
I'm a little surprised Howard won that game. Mercer has some very good players, a big frontcourt, and a very good 3-point shooter, so we have our work cut out for us again.
belongs certainly christmas defense felt focusing good helped phil played shooting since tonight
I felt like since Christmas we've played very good offensively, shooting about 50 percent, and we've been focusing on getting our defense back to where it belongs and having Phil back tonight certainly helped give us good balance.