Coach Karim

Listen to the gratefulness of Jarrod Calhoun. Real coaches know how they advanced, the help they received, the lessons learned, and they don’t forget.

Jerrod Calhoun didn't do a fancy dinner last night. Burger at the hotel & back to work. Calls Mick Cronin a 'big brother' throughout this process. On the moment he fought back tears today in Clifton:

Rick Barnes loves the game. For the most part, the game has loved him back. That doesn't mean he necessarily enjoys something like scouting an unfamiliar Iowa State squad in the Sweet 16. "There aren’t many surprises...We are who we are right now."

“This is the Hoop State… we have the best basketball in this state, we have the best grassroots basketball, and we have the best college basketball.” Charlotte head coach Wes Miller on being back in North Carolina

"We fully should be committed to beating them year in and year out" Jerrod Calhoun knows the Cincinnati program, he knows its history, and he knows how much Crosstown Shootout means to this city. I asked him what it will be like to get to coach in the rivalry.

"In the modern era of college basketball you are seeing a lot of people just accumulate talent. We want to accumulate winners." -Jerrod Calhoun #Bearcats

Ben McCollum's last three Point Guards: Bennett Stirtz — NWMSU, Drake, Iowa • MVC POY • All-B1G First Team • 3+ NCAAT wins Trevor Hudgins — NWMSU • 3x DII National Champion • Back-to-back DII POY • 3x MIAA POY Justin Pitts — NWMSU • DII POY • 2x MIAA POY PG Whisperer.

"I played for Iowa coach Ben McCollum. These 3 words define him" "once he identified what you were great at, he wanted you to do it constantly. He never said: Don’t do this. He always said: You do this really well. So let’s do this as much as possible."

"Utah State is a Top 30 job in America... but I can tell you this: when we got the #9 seed after winning 28 games and a regular season and tournament title, that was pretty telling. The game has changed, college basketball has changed forever." -Jerrod Calhoun

“I’m not worried about my validation. I’m just worried about coaching guys and helping them and winning for Purdue.” I would die for my head coach.

Houston HC Kelvin Sampson - Why Coaches Fail - "I think the coaches that fail at every level, are the coaches that are passive aggressive. Passing aggressive coaches are usually afraid to hold kids accountable, they rationalize." - "If you're going to build a culture, the first thing you have to come to grips with, you're going to have confrontation." - Consistency - Competence - Confidence - Confrontation

TCU Women’s Basketball Head Coach Mark Campbell on Randy Bennett: “His gift in coaching is identifying the right people…it’s incredible his ability to find the hard workers, the humble people and create create an incredible culture”

"Tom Izzo has been able to retain guys and guys don't leave Michigan State.. There's an expectation and everybody knows that" @SethOnHoops #PMSLive

Utah State's last four head coaches: Craig Smith (3 years) ➡️ Left for Utah, later fired Ryan Odom (2 years) ➡️ Left for VCU, now at Virginia Danny Sprinkle (1 year) ➡️ Left for Washington Jerrod Calhoun (1 year) ➡️ Left for Cincinnati They don't miss on hires. 😭

Ben McCollum on if its tough to sell playing slow, b/c everyone sells fast Era of used car salesmen recruiters, he keeps it real "We sell efficiency on offense ... if you want to be in the NBA ... we sell defense. We sell ... that we're going to love the heck out of you."

"If there wasn't a fight, it wasn't fun. ... That's the beauty of competition ... you leave it there." —Iowa head coach Ben McCollum on his exchange with Florida coach Todd Golden during the upset win (via @PatMcAfeeShow)

McCollum noted postgame they had several installs the morning of the game to makes things click and had revelations at about “two or three in the morning” 😅 Elite preparation.

Barkley dropped truth 💯 We used to CELEBRATE coaches like Pitino & Izzo. Now it’s clip-chasing to shame greatness 🤦‍♂️ Players don’t need soft… they need being coached hard and accountability . They need adversity. That’s LIFE. #CoachesEdge #CBB

Tommy Lloyd is special "You have to push guys. To push guys, you have to have a great relationship. And then making sure that they're hitting the standards that they need to hit. It's my job to hold them accountable for that.” (Via @thewinningdiff1 🎥)

“You win some. You lose some. I’m hoping we get Duke at the buzzer next to make up for that Christian Laettner shot.” - Rick Pitino after being on the right side of a buzzer beater this time and taking St. John's to the Sweet 16