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
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I've never been around a group of guys who sold out for each other in the second half. It was one of the most amazing things I have seen a team do.
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We couldn't have gotten a better look and we couldn't have had a better guy taking the shot.
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I was proud of the way our guys hung in there and battled back, even though we were unable to finish it off.
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We still need to sign guys. We have workable depth, but we need more. The more guys you have that can handle the ball -- pass and shoot and create -- the better for everyone.
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What I told my team after the game was first thing, that I've been a part of some great wins and some great teams. (But) I've never been around a group of guys that sold out for each other like they did in the second half.
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Joe has worked so hard on his shooting, as has Dan, and we feel like it's going in when they get the ball. We are very confident with those guys on the floor. It makes a lot of difference for us to be able to play five guards and not have any drop-off when you go to the bench.
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For our guys to be a part of history like that was important.
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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.
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I never underestimate our young guys and what their abilities are.
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We got our second wind under us when we started to make those shots.
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We have to make it a defensive game every time we turn around, that's the Big East. You've got to take advantage of your possessions.
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I think rivalries don't just happen anymore. They've got to be created on the floor. I think a couple coaches could get together and manipulate the situation but that would be short-lived. I think what happens on the floor creates the rivalry: a buzzer-beater, a double-overtime game, a couple games down to the wire.
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I think he can poke fun at them and they can poke fun at him. I don't know if it was always like that but he's grown into it; he's learned to trust and respect and they've learned to trust and respect him.
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Louisville played excellent and they played hard. It was a very hard, intense battle, one of the most intense battles I've ever been associated with. They had a couple more big plays than we did at the end.