Mark Gottfried
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"As Player"1 Horizon League/MCC Regular Season (1984)1 MCC Tournament (1984)1 Southeastern Conference/SEC Regular Season (1987)1 SEC Tournament (1987)"As Assistant Coach"2 Pacific-10 Conference/Pac–10 Regular Season (1992, 1995)1 1995 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament/NCAA Tournament (1995)"As Head Coach"3 Ohio Valley Conference/OVC Regular Season (1996, 1997, 1998)2 OVC Tournament (1997, 1998)2 SEC Regular Season (2002, 2005)

/ awards = OVC Coach of the Year (1998)SEC Coach of the Year (2002)

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/ player_years = 1983–1984

1984–1987

/ player_teams = Oral Roberts Golden Eagles men's basketball/Oral Roberts

Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball/Alabama

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/ coach_years = 1987–1995

1995–1998

1998–2009

2011–present

/ coach_teams = UCLA Bruins men's basketball/UCLA (asst.)

Murray State Racers men's basketball/Murray State

Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball/Alabama

NC State Wolfpack men's basketball/NC State

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I think he realizes he needs to be more aggressive. He didn't have to look for his shot as much last year because we had ( Kennedy ) Winston and ( Earnest ) Shelton . The team needs him to be a scorer and he's done that.

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Every game is like the absolute biggest, hugest game. It's like the Super Bowl. There are so many teams around the country that are in that same position. You just have to go play. The kids are having fun. This is the best time of the year. This is what you play for.

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Arkansas played terrific in Tuscaloosa.

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It wasn't until the middle of December that things started to turn for him. In hindsight, I should have sat him a couple of games. He wanted to play, like all players do. We had that full week during finals where we were able to sit him and I think that helped.

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Look at their team and the personnel they have. I think everybody in this league would all agree Arkansas is good enough to handle everybody in this league. They played terrific in Tuscaloosa. We were fortunate enough to win.

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When they went to the man, our guys really lit up.

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This is a disappointing loss because we just needed one more defensive stop. Arkansas had its back against the wall and they came through.

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First of all it's going to be a tremendous challenge. They are ranked third in the RPI and eighth in the AP. They are very underrated and will pose problems for us. On the other hand, our guys are very excited about having the chance to upset a team that is highly ranked.

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We wanted to take advantage of an opportunity if it was there. We didn't want to just make the game an absolute helter-skelter, run-up-and- down. But we didn't want to turn opportunities down either. And we had a bunch of them.

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