Roscoe Baker, Jimmy Walker, Billy Blair, Dennis Lynch - so many names - we would go into the heart of Roxbury and play, ... The name of the local team was the Roxbury Royals. They had a court that you could see into from the apartment buildings, so it was like a double-deck and they played their opening theme song loudly and it was `School's Out.' |
Rudy Gay made some tough, tough plays and he's going to need to be able to do that down the stretch for us. And tonight he certainly did. He's getting better. |
Rudy Gay stepped up when he needed to and our inside game is starting to come around. |
Rudy Gay took himself completely out of the game. Rudy Gay was just another player (Tuesday). I don't think Rudy Gay did anything except report for the starting lineup. |
Rudy had perhaps his best all-around game. He was unselfish. Certainly he could have scored 30 himself very easily but instead had eight assists, five-six blocks, four steals. |
Rudy is emerging every day, and you're watching something wonderful. |
Rudy is starting to become the player that we think he has a chance to be. |
Rudy needs to be more assertive. He's an incredibly talented kid, but he's a young kid. Today he was assertive and made his moves. At times today he was unstoppable. |
said Calhoun, a movie buff. ''There's this scene where Ben Affleck says to Matt Damon that he is going to come back in 20 years and beep the horn. I remember Affleck saying to Damon, 'I don't want to see you coming out.' |
said Calhoun. ''And I wouldn't mind arguing every day in a court of law. Someone who is trying to right wrongs. |
said Calhoun. ''I was in graduate school and my car got repossessed. I remember not knowing who to turn to financially. |
said Pat Calhoun with a laugh. ''It doesn't matter to him whether he was playing for a state championship or a national championship. |
Say what you want, but people wanted to see Bobby Huggins there and losing Bobby will be difficult for the league, ... Jay [Wright at Villanova] is coming along, but as far as national reputations, you've got the three of us [Calhoun, Boeheim and Pitino]. |
Seeding is important. If you get a No. 1 or No. 2 seed, you make things much easier on yourself. That's really what you work for all season. At the same time, what bracket you're in a makes a difference, too. I'd rather be a No. 3 seed and get an easier bracket than a No. 1 seed with a tough bracket. But if they want to give us a No. 1 seed I won't argue. |
Seton Hall looked mentally tough. They looked like they knew they were going to win. |