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INFO & STATS: Arizona State Guard
TOPICS: Looking forward to tonight’s draft and having fun with it / Whether watching mock drafts and trade rumors or not / Predictions on where he might go / Decision to come out early / Ability to realize he was not mature enough to come out a freshman / How he ended up at Arizona St. / Has to be aggressive and create shots for his teammates / The report he plays “an old man’s game” and why / Greatest strength is not having one great strength / Where he is spending the draft / David Stern’s message to the draftees. |
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INFO & STATS: University of Pittsburgh Forward
TOPICS: Anxiety for the draft to see where he will be playing / Working out for teams and showcasing what he can do / Losing 30 lbs. since the end of the season / Feeling good about himself for the hard work / Expectations of where he will go in the draft / Possibility of being a 1-10 pick / No loss of strength / Lifting 295 / Building up Pittsburgh’s program. |
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INFO & STATS: Head Coach Kentucky Men’s Basketball | 17 Years as a College Head Coach | Past 9 Years at Memphis | Avg. 28 Wins Per Year at Memphis | Championship Game Appearance Last Season | Final Four Appearance with UMASS ’96.
TOPICS: In Los Angeles for an EA Sports promotion | Certain things he wouldn’t do for the commercial | Twitter followers | Demographics of the Twitter followers | Why do Twitter? | Changing anybody’s mind with a Twitter rant? | Kenny Perry’s fate at the 2009 Masters | Perry owning it | Fear and who holds on the longest | No such thing as a “choke”? | Difference between “fate” and “lack of execution” | Being who you are; why John likes Rome. |
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INFO & STATS: Head Coach Duke Basketball | Gold Medal Coach of Team USA | Author: “The Gold Standard: Building A World-Class Team”
TOPICS: Coming in studio vs. doing it on phone | Talking about his new book; coaching the “Dream Team” | Getting the opportunity to coach for the Olympics | The 3-year commitment; after effects with best year at Duke | Fueling his fire; the experience | FIBA World Championship loss; devastating moment | Greek team was better for one day | Sticking the ultimate Alpha-Dogs together; checking egos at the door | Coaching pros vs. College athletes | Getting the team to trust each other | Concern over getting LeBron and Kobe together? | LeBron’s leadership abilities; humor and being enthusiastic | LeBron guarded and close to the vest; opening himself up | Father leaning on the daughter and family | Knowing Kobe; finding out so much more | Not knowing what really makes guys like Jordan and Kobe different; not getting in the way of it | Kobe not revealing exactly how he’s preparing; keeping the team in the gym longer | Learning from Kobe; how he prepares and practices | MVP on the best team in the world; Jason Kidd | Wanting to do it again? | The commitment factor | Capable of giving a 3-year commitment? | The thought behind doing the book | … | Getting tough by remembering tough situations | Not forgetting a situation; why he’s still at Duke | Thoughts about going to other colleges | No thoughts of going to the NBA | College coaches lack of success in the NBA level | The learning curve going to the pro-level | The book signing at Border’s at South Coast Plaza | … | Overcoming the matchup | Working with Team USA helping the coaching experience with Duke | Practice and drills | Crappy game against West Virginia | Good coach because of good talent | Excited about big guys with a veteran team | The next great point guard for Duke | Differences in recruiting today vs. 5 year’s ago | Not liking the one year rule | Depending on each individual kid | Better going out of high school or a 2-year college model | Unique players and personalities that he keeps close to his heart | Coaches loving Battier | Reaction to Carlos Boozer | His two rings; the wedding ring and West Point ring | West Point’s impact on his life and career. |
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INFO & STATS: Head Coach Indiana Hoosiers Men’s Basketball | 10th Season as a Head Coach | 1st Season with Indiana | 2003 NCAA Final Four Appearance | Former Assistant to Tom Izzo.
TOPICS: Thoughts on Tom Izzo’s career | North Carolina’s best vs. Izzo and Michigan State’s best | Michigan needing to slow North Carolina down | Michigan’s need to spread the court | Depth to wear down North Carolina and their bench? | Coach’s influence on the players for the game | Izzo able to win it? | The arena and fan support being in Detroit | Challenge coming into Indiana in his first year; learning experience | Never forgetting the fan support or taking the experience for granted | John Calipari to have the same support in Kentucky? |
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INFO & STATS: Lead College Basketball Analyst CBS Sports.
TOPICS: The gig at courtside during the Final Four | Watching Blake Griffin courtside | Reaction to North Carolina v. Villanova | Scottie Reynolds v. Ty Lawson | Michigan State v. UConn | … | Allegations on UConn; effect on the floor | John Calapari to Kentucky. |
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INFO & STATS: Villanova Final Four MVP & Basketball Great | 1985 NCAA Champion | 12 Year NBA Player (Retired) | Former Assistant under Jay Wright | Assistant Coach Minnesota T-Wolves.
TOPICS: Villanova reaching the Final Four | Reaction to Scottie Reynolds | What makes Jay Wright so good as a head coach | Villanova seniors phoning Ed after the win | Reflecting back on the game against Georgetown | Matchup against Patrick Ewing | Most remembered for the 1985 game | Reliving the moment in Detroit | Possibility of a head coaching job someday? | Lifestyle of an Assistant Coach in the NBA. |
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INFO & STATS: Former 3-Time All-American Point Guard & Team Captain Michigan State University | 2-Time Big Ten Player of the Year | 2000 Final Four MOP | 2000 NCAA Champion | Former NBA Point Guard | Point Guard D-League’s Bakersfield Jam.
TOPICS: Looking back at his run in 2000 | Time it took for the championship win to sink in? | Reflecting back on the players on the 2000 team | The team’s mentality | Underselling the team for how skilled an how athletic they were | Izzo’s success in the tournament; confidence taking the floor | Enjoying the win, life changing event; taking advantage of being on the court | Not wanting any regrets; once in a lifetime opportunity | Impressions of Travis Walton | 9 years since he won the title | Changes in his body, the plan ahead | Playing in the D-League | Having fun playing against the young upcoming players | Looking at coaching opportunities | Playing in Russia, communications issues | Izzo to leave for the NBA? | A place on the staff at Michigan? |
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INFO & STATS: Head Coach Men’s Basketball Villanova University.
TOPICS: Approach to the week ahead going into the Final Four | Message for the players | Reaction to Scottie Reynolds | Scottie Reynolds has the “it” | Reynolds vs. Lawson | North Carolina’s depth; Tyler Hansbrough | Meaning returning to the Final Four as a Philadelphia native. |
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INFO & STATS: Point Guard-Collegiate Basketball Player Michigan State University Spartans | 4th Year Player | 2009 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year.
TOPICS: Feeling getting into the Final Four | Not wanting to be the only 4 year player not to get there | Leadership position being the point guard on the team | Defensive job on Louisville | Preparing for the game, knowing every play | Personal message to the younger players on the team | Where his leadership skills came from | Goran Suton’s big three’s against Louisville | The coaches’ plan; avoiding foul trouble | Responsibility to guard the other team’s best player | Leading up to the biggest game of his life. |
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INFO & STATS: Point Guard University of North Carolina | 2009 ACC Player of the Year.
TOPICS: Getting to the Final Four for the second year in-a-row | Getting enough credit for getting there? | Sharing the ball and making it work with the talent on the team | Playing in pain | Limitations of his game play after he got hurt | Being more aggressive | Their chances against Oklahoma | Success against Blake Griffin | Griffin the best player they have faced this year | Wanting to be considered one of the best point guards in North Carolina history | Winning the championship | Being put in the list of top 3 point guards ever | Having another run at the Final Four in them | Dealing with Scottie Reynolds and Villanova | Running into guys in College that he grew up balling with | “Old School Roy” and trash talking around him | Coach in the latest Guitar Hero commercial | Decision time to stay or leave for the NBA. |
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INFO & STATS: Head Coach Men’s Basketball Villanova University | 8th Year at Villanova | 15th Year as a Head Coach | Big East Coach of the Year | 2nd Elite 8 Appearance.
TOPICS: Dominating and blowing out Duke | Intense defense | Team peaking at just the right time | Team better than they get credit for? | Taking the rap with a chip on their shoulders | Having a horse that will give max effort despite not being the best | Knowing what the opposition does | Getting the big shot at the end of the game | Knowing where a player grew up playing ball | The championship year of ’85 | Reflections on team’s of yesterday in comparison to today | Future Hall of Famer’s on the ’85 team. |
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INFO & STATS: Head Coach Michigan State Spartans Men’s Basketball Team | 14th Season as a Head Coach | 8 Visits to the Sweet 16 | Big Ten Coach of the Year | 4 Final Four Appearances | 2000 NCAA Championship.
TOPICS: Appreciation for 4 Final Four appearances; toughness getting in | Reaction to USC | 5 guys defending Gibson | Reaction to Kansas | Better point guard than Collins? | Preparing for the week ahead as a coaching staff | Players looking ahead? | Future job in the NBA? | Recruiting players today | Staying away from kids that have a posse around them? | Reaction to Yahoo! Sports report about Jim Calhoun and Connecticut | Any names out there that would not surprise him in relationship to recruiting scandals? |
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INFO & STATS: Head Coach Syracuse University | 2003 NCAA Championship | 33rd Season Coaching | Approaching 800 Wins.
TOPICS: Long-term affects on the team during the tournament | Johnny Flynn the heart and soul of the team | Best matchups in the Sweet 16 in quite some time | Listening to various sports shows during the tournament; reaction | Argument for eight to nine teams able to win it all | Reaction to Blake Griffin | Reflection on playing against St. John’s | What’s more impressive, his win record or handicap? | Getting down to a “one” | Conference matching up to the days of the 80’s? |
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INFO & STATS: Head Coach Men’s Basketball Gonzaga University | 10th Season as Head Coach at Gonzaga | 10 Straight Years in the Tournament | 4th Appearance in the Sweet 16.
TOPICS: Reaction to a return to the Sweet 16 | Getting through bad groups | A.J. Price pushing OT | Out of conference win against Tennessee | Freshman Demetri Goodson | Calling a timeout? | Big shot ranking | A possible non-comeback situation | Thoughts on Jeremy Pargo; getting the team’s respect back | Gonzaga’s best to beat Carolina’s best? |
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INFO & STATS: Power Forward Oklahoma Sooners | All-American | Big 12 Player of the Year.
TOPICS: Accomplishments getting to the Sweet 16 | Upcoming games and practice | Being cheap-shotted | Dirty play in the first round? | Opposition doing what they can to slow him down? | Refs calling the game a certain way; encouraging opposition to be more aggressive | Staying down | Blake’s father not liking the cheap-shots | Settling his father down with ice cream | The “Yackety Sax” moment | Not playing it loud enough | Always down for a practical joke. |
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INFO & STATS: Head Coach Memphis Men’s Basketball | 17 Years as a Head Coach | 4-Straight Elite 8 Appearances | 2 Final Four Appearances.
TOPICS: Poop in the ice cream, scare with Northridge | Wake up call or omen? | How the game came to the point it did | Roburt Sallie’s game play | Northridge giving them trouble; Maryland ahead | Limiting opposition | Reaction to season if they were to lose in the second round | Not happy about the number wins yet | If they had lost to a 15 seed | Most accessible big name coach. |
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INFO & STATS: Head Coach Men’s Basketball Florida State University | 21st Season as a Head Coach | 7th Year with Florida State | ACC Coach of the Year | 2-Time Big East Coach of the Year.
TOPICS: Having the program back in the tournament | Expanding the field or meaning more playing their way in? | Freshmen’s on the team; concerns | Team going as Toney Douglas goes | Better defensive player than Douglas? | Why more guys willing to pay the price on the court | Guys that had the “it” factor | Rebuilding programs and success | Enjoyment working with the young people | Concerns facing Wisconsin; one of the last teams in the tournament | Impressing upon the freshmen’s that they need to be there and play hard now | … |
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James Harden
