Chris Beard Norense Odiase Jarrett Culver
NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Final Four Friday, April 5, 2019 Minneapolis, Minnesota Chris Beard coach and emphasize it. It's just always kind of our Norense Odiase belief of basketball, and it was kind of reinforced by Coach Knight in those years under him. Jarrett Culver Just getting to know Coach Izzo, but the last couple Texas Tech Red Raiders days have been pretty cool. Last night he was talking about his relationship with Coach Heathcote and the THE MODERATOR: We're ready to go with head defense and things like that. coach of Texas Tech, Chris Beard. Want to give us thoughts as you head into the semifinal. Yeah, people ask me all the time is it challenging? Not really. Good players want to be coached, and good CHRIS BEARD: I told the guys, if it doesn't feel a little players want that trust factor, and I think, once you different today than it did yesterday leading up to explain to the guys, this is why we do the things we do tomorrow, then we're not ready, and everybody assured and this is what defense can lead to, once they kind of me that it did. visualize and they understand how important it is, it becomes everybody's identity. We're just excited about the opportunity. To me, personally, this open practice is sacred. I grew up in But I think Michigan State's one of the best defensive coaching coming to these. It's the one part of the Final teams in college basketball, as they are every year.
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