“I told them not to worry about it, since we were going to play indoors.” PlayWorryCollegeBasketballCollege Basketball Author:Jerry Tarkanian
“I'll watch the kids play, have a big steak with my friends, stay in a nice hotel, sign a lot of autographs, then go back to Vegas and tell my alumni how tough recruiting is.” PlayBigsKidsWatchesNiceCollegeBasketballMy FriendsToughHotelVegasAutographsSteakCollege BasketballAlumni Author:Jerry Tarkanian
“I just can't recruit where there's grass around. You gotta have a concrete lawn before I feel comfortable enough to go in and talk to you parents.” FeelsEnoughParentCollegeBasketballComfortableGrassConcreteLawnsRecruitCollege Basketball Author:Al McGuire
“Get your education. The number of guys who are blessed to be in the league is so small compared to the number of high school players [who want to play in the league]. But one thing you can do is get your college education. If you are blessed enough to get a scholarship to play college basketball, make sure you get your college degree, too, then move on from there.” IfsWantEnoughPlaySchoolMovingGuyCan DoNumbersPlayerOne ThingCollegeBasketballDegreesHigh SchoolBlessedLeagueScholarshipCollege EducationCollege DegreeCollege Basketball Author:Tim Duncan
“I criticize the NFL in many ways, but I think it's made great strides. I think college basketball, great strides. College football means so much to alumni, doesn't it? It sort of represents the school. It's when you go back; it's at the beginning of the school year.” ThinkingWayYearsMeanMadeSchoolFootballCollegeBasketballNflCriticizeStrideCollege FootballSchool YearsCollege BasketballAlumni Author:Frank Deford
“I don't think you can explain why all these other sports and college basketball have a fair representation of African American coaches, but college football doesn't. You can dig and scramble and scratch, but at the end of the day I think it's just pure, old-fashioned racism.” ThinkingEndsSportsFootballCollegePureBasketballRacismFairsCoachesAfrican AmericanThe End Of The DayRepresentationOld FashionedScratchesCollege FootballCollege Basketball Author:Frank Deford
“We're trying to get as many people to become interested in seeing it, but if you like the theater and you're interested in seeing what live theater looks like in New York, you probably already set your DVR. It's gonna be a hard ask to get a bunch of college-basketball fans to tune in for three hours to watch the Tonys.” PeopleIfsTryingLooksHardThreeAsksHoursWatchesSeeingFansNew YorkCollegeBasketballTheaterBunchTunesCollege BasketballLive Theater Author:Neil Patrick Harris
“I dream of one day winning a college basketball scholarship” DreamWinningCollegeOne DayBasketballScholarshipCollege Basketball Author:Aselin Debison
“One of the reasons why I enjoy college basketball a little more is because of its team orientation as opposed to individual orientation.” LittlesReasonIndividualEnjoyTeamCollegeBasketballReason WhyOrientationCollege Basketball Author:Len Elmore
“For a college basketball player or coach, to reach the Final Four is la-la land. You’ve achieved, you’ve got your stamp of approval. My first team to do that was in 1986. Then we did it in ’88, ’89 and ’90.” FirstsFourPlayerTeamLandCollegeBasketballFinalsCoachesApprovalStampsBasketball PlayerCollege Basketball Author:Mike Krzyzewski
“One-and-done is the most damaging thing in college basketball. It brings money into the college game, because it kickstarts the bidding war. When you know a kid can't turn pro and is going to go to school for one year and then go pro, that's when you see everyone going to games and courting players.” KnowsYearsWarDoneKidsSchoolTurnsGamesPlayerCollegeBasketballBiddingCollege Basketball Author:Sonny Vaccaro
“College basketball was one of the hardest, most rewarding experiences of my life. Every single day on the court was a mental and physical challenge.” ChallengesCollegeBasketballCourtHardestCollege BasketballRewarding Experiences Author:Ashley Graham