Showing posts with label a year ago today. Show all posts
Showing posts with label a year ago today. Show all posts
6.20.2009
June 20, 2008
Eileen Keeley at Summit: “The disappointment wasn’t so much that we lost. It was that it was over.”
6.18.2009
June 18, 2008
Ben Ebong at Belk: “Coach McKillop is a changed man. The ’08 team, how they played, to me represented that change. They were still really disciplined but they weren’t as afraid to make mistakes.”
Jason Richards at Belk: “I didn’t want to be watching. You want to help.”
Jason Richards at Belk: “I didn’t want to be watching. You want to help.”
6.16.2009
6.15.2009
June 15, 2008
Chris Clunie on the phone from New York: “Matt didn’t want to disappoint his dad, and his dad didn’t want to disappoint Matt, and I think that permeated throughout the team.”
Brendan Winters on the phone from Denver: “He was harder on Matt than anybody else. He rode Matt. So it was okay when he did it to the rest of us.”
Brendan Winters on the phone from Denver: “He was harder on Matt than anybody else. He rode Matt. So it was okay when he did it to the rest of us.”
6.14.2009
June 14, 2008
William Robertson at Summit: “The theology of the cross: You meet God in the desert. The moment of brokennness can be the moment of enlightenment. The moment of confusion can be the moment of enlightenment. So perhaps we are attracted to stories that contain that truth -- the ones that include both the light and the dark.”
6.12.2009
June 12, 2008
Rick Barnes on the phone from Texas: “They don’t back down. They do their deal. They don’t care who they’re playing.”
6.11.2009
June 11, 2008
Sonya Curry in Charlotte: “Starting in March, and that whole experience, for me it was like he passed more into manhood. Watching how he handled that, on the court, off the court, I thought: I can let him go. He’s going to be okay.”
6.09.2009
June 9, 2008
Bobby Vagt in Pittsburgh: “Did you watch the way they interacted with each other? Bob McKillop preaches teamwork, and a piece of teamwork is: I care about you. What was amazing is that you didn’t have to be steeped in that to pick it up. You felt it.”
6.06.2009
6.05.2009
June 5, 2008
Mike Aresco on the phone from New York: “Davidson was the story of the tournament. You kind of thought of them as an Amherst or a Williams -- with a chance to win the national championship.”
6.03.2009
June 3, 2008
Susan Barr in Falmouth, Maine: “Bryant’s got labeled crates, I’ve got first-aid kits, an ironing board -- and Stephen shows up with a duffel, a pillow and a blanket his grandmother made for him.”
6.02.2009
June 2, 2008
Brandon Williams in Manhattan: “There was no shame. There was no shame. When I left, I was sad, but I was so happy. I wore my WITNESS shirt over my clothes all the way home.”
Chris Alpert in Manhattan: “I had to run to an airplane, but I wanted to go down there and tell them, to a man, how proud I was. I rode the entire way to the airport with a big smile on my face.”
Peter Anderer in Manhattan: “I’d still probably do a suicide for him.”
Chris Alpert in Manhattan: “I had to run to an airplane, but I wanted to go down there and tell them, to a man, how proud I was. I rode the entire way to the airport with a big smile on my face.”
Peter Anderer in Manhattan: “I’d still probably do a suicide for him.”
5.30.2009
May 30, 2008
Mark Donnelly in Manasquan, N.J.: “It was 11 o’clock. I couldn’t sleep. I showed up on his doorstep just like he did for me.”
Billy Armstrong in Westwood, N.J.: “Players I’ve played with? They don’t talk to their college coaches. He’s where he’s supposed to be.”
Austin Rios on the phone from Asheville: “I felt at peace because my relationship with the game was sound.”
Billy Armstrong in Westwood, N.J.: “Players I’ve played with? They don’t talk to their college coaches. He’s where he’s supposed to be.”
Austin Rios on the phone from Asheville: “I felt at peace because my relationship with the game was sound.”
5.29.2009
May 29, 2008
Terrell Ivory in Blairstown, N.J.: “Coach McKillop, every time I leave, he gives me a hug, and he says, ‘I love you,’ and it doesn’t feel weird. The day I lost my father is the day Coach McKillop sort of walked into my life.”
Mike Summey on the phone from West Virginia: “I was an assistant at The Citadel, and one summer Coach Sendek asked me, ‘Who’s the best offensive team in the Southern Conference?’ I said, ‘Coach, it’s Davidson.’ He said, ‘Who’s the best defensive team in the Southern Conference?’ I said, ‘Coach, it’s Davidson.’ He said, ‘Who’s the toughest team in the Southern Conference?’ I said, ‘Coach, it’s Davidson.’”
Mike Summey on the phone from West Virginia: “I was an assistant at The Citadel, and one summer Coach Sendek asked me, ‘Who’s the best offensive team in the Southern Conference?’ I said, ‘Coach, it’s Davidson.’ He said, ‘Who’s the best defensive team in the Southern Conference?’ I said, ‘Coach, it’s Davidson.’ He said, ‘Who’s the toughest team in the Southern Conference?’ I said, ‘Coach, it’s Davidson.’”
5.27.2009
May 27, 2008
Alex Deegan on the phone from Washington: “You don’t have to say 20 miles north of Charlotte anymore.”
David Fleming at Summit: “Davidson was the torchbearer for the myth of the student-athlete.”
Tom Ross in his office: “The Final Four? It would have meant some more. But I’m not sure how much more.”
Steve Shurina on the phone from Florida: “Right after the Georgetown win, I went into my office, and I called his cell phone. And I broke down as I started leaving a message. All those years, all those emotions -- I didn’t go to school there, I haven’t coached there in 10 years almost, and I could not leave a message.”
Bratton Holmes on the phone from Durham: “No more Dickinson-Denison-Davidson confusion.”
Winnie Corrigan on the phone from Davidson: “Nothing that was accomplished was an accident or a fluke. That’s what was so powerful to me. It was 19 years of precision and discipline, and convincing a bunch of boys to buy into something larger than themselves.”
David Fleming at Summit: “Davidson was the torchbearer for the myth of the student-athlete.”
Tom Ross in his office: “The Final Four? It would have meant some more. But I’m not sure how much more.”
Steve Shurina on the phone from Florida: “Right after the Georgetown win, I went into my office, and I called his cell phone. And I broke down as I started leaving a message. All those years, all those emotions -- I didn’t go to school there, I haven’t coached there in 10 years almost, and I could not leave a message.”
Bratton Holmes on the phone from Durham: “No more Dickinson-Denison-Davidson confusion.”
Winnie Corrigan on the phone from Davidson: “Nothing that was accomplished was an accident or a fluke. That’s what was so powerful to me. It was 19 years of precision and discipline, and convincing a bunch of boys to buy into something larger than themselves.”
5.21.2009
May 21, 2008
Randy Lawrence in Davidson: “They didn’t have to say anything. You could see it. They were as much cheering us as we were cheering them.”
5.20.2009
May 20, 2008
Don Hogan on the phone from Florida: “Bob had been my high school coach at Holy Trinity High School. Any time I was coasting a little bit, that voice, that booming voice. He’d call you out.”
Matt McKillop in Atlanta: “I had to outwork everybody. I had to hit people.”
Len Kosmalski on the phone from Florida: “Landry wants to be around toughness and competitiveness.”
Pete Thamel on the phone from Boston: “The academic side jumped out at me. George Mason can get in pretty much whoever they want.”
Matt McKillop in Atlanta: “I had to outwork everybody. I had to hit people.”
Len Kosmalski on the phone from Florida: “Landry wants to be around toughness and competitiveness.”
Pete Thamel on the phone from Boston: “The academic side jumped out at me. George Mason can get in pretty much whoever they want.”
5.19.2009
May 19, 2008
Charlie Newton in Atlanta: “There was no disappointment. They lived up to it every step of the way.”
Tom Sorensen on the phone from Charlotte: “When Thomas Sander said ‘we,’ he didn’t mean basketball players. He meant Davidson.”
Terry Holland on the phone from Greenville: “When I took the AD job, it was not to return Davidson to glory. It was to give the program a chance. Division III was a real option at the time. The teams were not competitive. My job was really to give us a stable program; if that meant Division III, I like to think I would’ve done that. But the facts said that was not the best thing. I felt like we owed ourselves one more chance.”
Tom Sorensen on the phone from Charlotte: “When Thomas Sander said ‘we,’ he didn’t mean basketball players. He meant Davidson.”
Terry Holland on the phone from Greenville: “When I took the AD job, it was not to return Davidson to glory. It was to give the program a chance. Division III was a real option at the time. The teams were not competitive. My job was really to give us a stable program; if that meant Division III, I like to think I would’ve done that. But the facts said that was not the best thing. I felt like we owed ourselves one more chance.”
5.18.2009
May 18, 2008
B.J. Rudell on the phone from Washington: “We knew those players without having met them.”
5.17.2009
May 17, 2008
Logan Kosmalski at Summitt: “It made me feel better that Matt was here. He wasn’t going to leave his son.”
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