Jamie Dixon
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"Jamie Dixon" is an American basketball coach. He has served as the head coach of the University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball/men's basketball team since 2003. In 2009 he was the head coach for the FIBA Under-19 World Championship 2009/FIBA Under-19 2009 gold-medal winning USA men's national basketball team/United States national basketball team for which he was named the 2009 USA Basketball National Coach of the Year. Dixon was named Big East Coach of the Year in 2004, Naismith College Coach of the Year in 2009, Jim Phelan Award/Jim Phelan National Coach of the Year in 2010, and the Sporting News National Coach of the Year award in 2011. Dixon played college basketball at Texas Christian University, was selected by the Washington Wizards/Washington Bullets in the 1987 NBA Draft, and played professionally with the Continental Basketball Association's Lacrosse Catbirds and for Hawke's Bay Hawks of the New Zealand National Basketball League (New Zealand)/National Basketball League.

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Rebounding is our biggest fundamental. It's our biggest emphasis. We didn't get it done against DePaul.

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The quality of teams in this league is outstanding. It's the best conference in the country. No one is even debating that anymore. We used to say it in recruiting and somebody would say, 'Well, maybe the ACC.' Nobody is questioning it anymore.

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He is a proven player who has performed at a high level.

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He's better in every area. Carl's comfortable in his position and understanding of our system. That's a big step. It's one thing to know it, but it's another thing to pass it on to others.

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Their shots were deep, and oftentimes we had a hand in their face. Our guys made plays and there were very few mistakes. Some of the shots Notre Dame hit were from 35-40 feet. If you step out on those, it's bad defense. It was a game for the ages and I'm just glad we battled and found a way to win.

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We came out of the gate and executed throughout. We didn't have a lot of time to practice for Syracuse and their 2-3 zone, but mentally, we talked about a lot of what we wanted to do to attack it.

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He is a great shooter, so you have to make him take tough shots. We tried to contain him, and to do that you've got to make them tough.

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I've had that first-test question about eight different times. It seems like it's not a test once you win the game in some people's eyes. Wisconsin's number three in the RPI, so I guess we have to get the one and two teams in the RPI to get a test in some peoples' eyes.

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