Tom Crean
Tom Crean
Thomas Creanis an American college basketball coach. He is currently the head coach of the Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team. Prior to that he served as head coach at Marquette University, where the program averaged 20 wins a year and made six postseason appearances, including the 2003 NCAA Final Four...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth25 March 1966
hold man spot ton
He understands positioning, he can hold his spot in the post. He may not get a ton of rebounds, but he can keep his man from getting rebounds.
certain chance confidence expertise gain hard improve improving situations skills worker
He's comfortable down there; he's improving all the time. The big things now are to improve his balance, his footwork, his skills and confidence down low. But he's a hard worker and when you work that hard you have a chance to really gain expertise in certain situations that much faster.
phenomenal
He's phenomenal at the end of the game.
center playing
He'll be playing at the Bradley Center again.
basketball college game great respect teams
This was a great college basketball game with two teams who have a lot of respect for each other.
developing game man obviously
I never get into comparisons. And I don't know his father's game well enough to make a comparison. His bloodlines are obviously very strong. But he's his own man and he's developing his own game.
cherish special
I'll cherish it forever. This is a special win.
game great matter memory shooter short steve stopped time
It was just a matter of time for Steve. If Steve would have stopped shooting, he would have come out of the game ... He has a very short memory when it comes to his shot, and that's what a great shooter has to have.
breaks build four game learned momentum teach team three time trying
They've learned that the game comes down to three or four possessions on offense, three or four possessions on defense. We're trying to teach our team all the time that momentum comes down to execution, that we build our breaks by the way we execute.
athletic basketball care cares department entire felt honored role takes team time
Not only does he care about the basketball team and the athletic department but he cares about the entire school. Every time I've been with him I have felt honored to be around him and he takes his role with the team very serious.
certainly create foul last liked
In the last 4:19 we scored one point. We didn't create contact. We certainly would have liked to go to the foul line, but we didn't create the contact.
guys history
For our guys to be a part of history like that was important.
ability guys history realize understand
For our guys to be a part of history like that is really important. It's important to understand history and realize they have the ability to make it.
ball free missed throw
He's missed one free throw in 14 months. We like to have the ball in his hands.