Tod Kowalczyk
Tod Kowalczyk
Tod Kowalczykis an American college basketball coach and current head men's basketball coach at the University of Toledo. He was the head coach at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay from 2002–10, before accepting the head coaching position at Toledo on March 30, 2010...
bit somebody stepped surprised won
I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if somebody (seeded) 4 through 9 stepped up and won this tournament.
besides detroit games guys main mean won
I think we've been in most games -- I mean besides the Youngstown game -- we should have won that Detroit game -- but the main thing is for our guys to be consistent.
future striving
It's not about the future. The future is for us to be better right now. That's what we're striving for.
basketball face good great guys minutes played proud
I'm really proud of how our guys gutted it out. Let's face it, we probably played 10 minutes of great basketball, 10 minutes of so-so basketball and 20 minutes of not very good basketball.
days energy enthusiasm excited few game key last preached
The key to that game was our bench. I've been disappointed, not with the play of our bench, but more so the energy and enthusiasm and emotion. We preached the last few days to be excited on the bench.
against challenge early felt good high order talented team
It very well may be (too tough). I felt having a young team and a talented team that I wanted to challenge them early and get them to play at a high level. In order to do that, you have to play against good competition.
attacking decided early far playing shooting start within zone
Early on I thought we weren't attacking the zone, playing too far out. But once we decided to start attacking the zone and playing within our shooting range, we got a lot better looks.
along fans patience team
I've said all along this team is going to be very young, very inexperienced but very talented. This team is going to need patience from myself, from the fans and from the media.
basketball floor freshman good guys player
As a player you want to be one of those guys that's indispensable, someone you need to have on the floor at all times. He's a freshman and he's going to be a good basketball player.
good great ryan
Ryan had a great night. He is good when he's aggressive.
sell surprised
I was surprised it didn't sell out in September.
finish goal ncaa straight three top
Obviously, our goal is to play in the NCAA Tournament. But if we can finish in the top three consistently, that's an unbelievable thing. We've done it three straight years.
court defend execute half means score teams transition
Ultimately, it comes down to a half-court game. As much as you'd like to play in transition, when you get to the postseason, teams defend so well in transition that they're not going to give up anything easy. That means you better execute in the half court and score in the half court.
call heck rebuilding situation whether wins
Whether you call it rebuilding or reloading, you're going to have those years. I was told by (someone) that if you can get 15 wins in a rebuilding year, that's a heck of a deal. So 15 wins in that situation was good.