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
second wind
We got our second wind under us when we started to make those shots.
absolute defense defensive intensity last lost minutes played playing second solid week
Playing 40 minutes of defense was the absolute key. We thought last week that we played about 20 minutes of solid defense, and we lost our defensive intensity in the second half.
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I think the way he attacked and the way he went to the rim, especially in the second half, he played with just a fierce energy which was really good.
game great group guys second sold team wins
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.
far hit second shot today took weeks win
As far as the end of the game, we got every look that we wanted. Two weeks ago (Novak) hit a shot with a second to go to win the game. Today he took a shot from a different place, and it just didn't go down.
against behind college efficient final minute offense points second
They're unbelievably battle-tested. You're not only going to have to play to the final minute against Notre Dame, you're going to have to play to the final second. Notre Dame's got the second most efficient offense in college basketball, right behind Duke, averaging 119 points on every 100 possessions.
amazing group guys second seen sold team
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.
beat conference game night premier program special
This was an unbelievable conference win. This is a special night in the program's history. We beat a premier program in our first game in the Big East.
colin deal defending focus great job today
This was a big deal to him. I think his focus today was Colin Falls, and he did a great job in defending him.
average courage free good point separates takes teams
You have to incorporate these things into practice. It takes a lot of courage to make free throws, and that?s often what separates really good teams from average teams. You have to make it a point of emphasis.
high low move next
You can't be too high when you win, you can't be too low when you lose. You've got to move on to the next thing.
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To start us out with one of the most storied college basketball programs of the last 15 years, I guess that?s good. My players would see right through me if I told them it was just another game.
against good maybe teams
Maybe 10, but I'm biased. When you go against Seton Hall, you see Cincinnati. When you see these teams on a day-in, day-out basis, you see how good they are.
associated battles couple excellent intense louisville played plays
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.