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
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.
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.
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.
bench depth teams
It's the depth of the league. Teams can go to their bench and there's no drop-off. It's really impressive.
associated battles intense lost proud team won
It was one of the most intense battles that I have been associated with as a coach. I'm very proud of the way our team played. Ã They won the game, but it isn't like we lost it.
best conference depth good hold league nearly players putting teams
The best teams in this league have depth. The best teams are not putting players out there to hold their own. They're putting players out there who make their teams better. We had a lot of good players in Conference USA, but there wasn't nearly the depth in that league that there is in the Big East.
everybody moving program special team tone
It was something special to see that team grow. I think the tone of our program was already moving forward, but that kind of put it out there for everybody to see.
adage beat great team trying
When you've got a team like that that's just trying to get to New York, it's a great league. The old adage that we beat up our own, that's what everyone has to take into account.
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.
building close experience hard help learn mental players teams
Our players are building mental toughness. It's really hard with a young team. It's very hard to close teams out in a close game. The more that you get experience at it and the more you learn from the experience is when you don't do it is where it can really help you.
honest learned team
I thought our team learned something over the (Rutgers loss). They have learned to be honest when they don't play up to their standards.
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.
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.