Dave Leitao
Dave Leitao
Dave Leitaois an American men's basketball coach who is currently the head coach at DePaul University, his second tenure with the school after leading the Blue Demons from 2002–2005. He has previously been the head coach of the Maine Red Claws of the NBA Development League, the University of Virginia and Northeastern University. He was named the 2006–07 Atlantic Coast Conference Coach of the Year by the Associated Press, but finished at 10th and 11th place in the conference during...
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What he is doing this season, I think all of us - players, coaches and media - should really savor. He's having a season for the ages. ... We all need to sit back and admire it because it won't happen for a long time after this.
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We're going to show you what will forever be called Wahoo Basketball. We're going to create the most exciting basketball the ACC has seen.
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We didn't box out. I don't remember seeing somebody saying, 'That was a heck of a box out.' We didn't go after it. We were the less aggressive team on the backboards today.
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There are key moments in the first four of five minutes of a game where you can tell a little about the tone of the game. They got a couple loose balls and a couple of offensive rebounds, and we were a step slow. Anytime a team gets into foul trouble is usually an indicator that a team is a step slow.
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We've got to do a better job of getting those guys a couple of looks during the game down low. Hopefully they'll learn from the experience.
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What people ultimately start doing is they start committing more people to them.
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This was a very good win for the guys and the growth of our team. We hung tough through a lot of different things.
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Is he a long-term answer? I don't know. But somewhere along the line, we're going to need him to do things like that.
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That's what you want a guy to do. He cares a lot about this. It means a lot to him. When he hasn't done something well, he's been able to respond positively.
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There were some key moments in the first four or five minutes when they got to a couple of loose balls or got some offensive rebounds when you could see we were a step slow.
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It's a little bit of a touchy subject; if perimeter players have a better chance of making a shot, getting them to pass it up.