Trent Johnson
Trent Johnson
Trent Aubrey Johnsonis an American college basketball coach who was most recently head coach of the TCU Horned Frogs men's basketball team. Johnson had previously been the head coach at Louisiana State University, Stanford University, and University of Nevada...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth12 September 1956
safe three win
I feel we have to win all three (games). That's a safe bet.
coaching experience fortunate guys home last taste
I feel very fortunate to be coaching and our guys look at it the same way. I think their last experience at home was embarrassing. I think they would like to get that taste out of their mouths.
beat best chris faced far matt remember team took work
I can't remember a team that's come in here and beat us as handily as that team did. This was by far the best team we faced this year. They took Matt away, made Chris work and they made more shots.
care choose credit good opposed situation taking terms win
You have to look at why those turnovers happened, and I choose to give credit to our opponent, as opposed to some of our deficiencies in terms of taking care of the ball. For us to have 23 turnovers and 13 assists, and still be in a situation where we can win that game, we were doing something good in other facets.
basketball compete fight guys money next powers returning team year
We don't make that decision. The NIT is money generated and if the NIT powers say we want you to play at home, we will. ... But if it was my decision, I would like to take this basketball team on the road. Because we compete well at home, but for the guys that are returning next year we've got to fight through on the road.
says
For him to do what he did after being out says a lot about Gabe Pruitt as a player.
causes felt games open opportunity pressure problems safe teams year zones
It's safe to say this was one of our better games all year. I've felt all along, all year long, that zones give us the opportunity to get open looks. And when teams get up after us man-to-man and pressure us on the half-court and full-court, it causes problems for us.
premature respond
It's premature to respond to anything about the NIT. We're a long way from even qualifying for the NIT.
extremely hard
That is extremely hard to do. Did I say anything to him? Nah. What was I going to tell him, make them?
nice
It was nice to see them play well, see them play up to their capabilities.
expect
It's what you expect when you play a Dick Bennett-coached team.
beat certainly chris plenty rogers talented team time
They certainly have individuals on that team that are capable. They are plenty talented enough. And they didn't have Chris Rogers the first time around when they beat us in Tucson.
certain compete defend figuring guys playing team urgency
We're playing better. Certain guys are figuring out that you have to defend with a sense of urgency and you have to compete with a sense of urgency. It's a different team out there.
ball bit country cross finding looked played shared
I thought we played well offensively and defensively, and we shared the ball better than we have all season. Virginia, finding out they had to come cross country ? it looked like they had a bit of fatigue.