In basketball, sometimes those things happen. We kind of overwhelmed them.
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Mr. Basketball. It's really that simple, ... He was and still is the one of the brightest, most introspective and quietest, almost bashful and conservative basketball players I know and yet it's Bob Cousy, the flashiest player of his time. The forerunner of all the things we see today. Mr. Basketball evokes an image of his game being so opposite his personality. The honor of having him present me is terrific.Jim Calhoun
They find a way to win. A lot of the things that happened against Washington were plays that players make. Guys who refuse to lose a basketball game, guys who are down by five with 30 seconds to go but dont believe theyre going to lose. And that, as a coach, you dont teach. Maybe you try to set the mood that were still here, but you cant set the mood if you dont have winners with you.
Jim Calhoun
I have said since the beginning of this process that we should never be in the business of abandoning young men who have made a mistake and I am glad that we will not be doing that,
Jim Calhoun
It's a tremendous sense of accomplishment and an amazing feeling to win. This field was one of the best ever and there isn't anyone here who didn't get their money's worth.
Jim Calhoun
Just as we thought, McNamara's shot yesterday, carried their momentum into this game. They took it right to us. We were the team that looked slow. We were the team that looked like it couldn't attack a zone. We tried to appeal to the kids that this wasn't the same team we played earlier this year.
Jim Calhoun
If, in fact, you felt it was a mistake of malice, a mistake of violence, a mistake repeated, those are all factors.
Jim Calhoun
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