Mike Dunlap
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"Mike Dunlap" is the former head coach of the NBA's Charlotte Hornets/Charlotte Bobcats, and current coach of Loyola Marymount Lions men's basketball/Loyola Marymount.

Dunlap replaced Paul Silas after the Bobcats' 2011–12 Charlotte Bobcats season/2011-2012 season, in which the team had the worst winning percentage in NBA history. He previously served as the interim head coach and assistant coach at St. John's University (New York)/St. John's University, and head coach at Metropolitan State College of Denver/Metro State.

He also served as the assistant coach for the Denver Nuggets from 2006 to 2008.

While at Metro State, Dunlap led his team to NCAA titles in 2000 and 2002. He posted an overall record of 248–50, leading the Roadrunners to nine NCAA Tournament appearances in each of his nine seasons as head coach (1997–2006).

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It's a one-game season and we've been waiting for this opportunity to get some momentum going at the right time. We had a good January and February, and down the stretch we won big games on the road.

It's a travesty for the games. It's cutting into the heart of this community.

I'm as surprised as anyone that we were able to stay with them (33-31) in rebounding. We kept the tempo to our liking and we shot the ball better. That was the game.

Unequivocally, yes. Of course, I didn't tell the kids that. But for us to stay out of the No. 8 or No. 7 position, where we could get bumped if something happened in other conferences' tournaments, I knew we needed to win this game.

We just want the kids to play.

If we hadn't shown horses, we wouldn't have been so close [to Kemper]. My dad loved him, but it wasn't a father/son kind of love. It was just that if he [Dunlap] had a problem or a question about something, he had someone to ask.

The way the game went, I think the tempo and what we were trying to achieve was rock-solid. We had some very good looks at the basket inside of 5 minutes, and those shots didn't go. And then, finally, as far as the way Kearney played, for them, in my opinion, the X-factor obviously was Chris Dean.

There's definitely a bunch of us grouped in together there. It will be a musical chairs kind of thing. Hopefully, we're the last one with a chair.

They have everyone back and they are (upset) we beat them last year. They've got the experience on us. They are big, not particularly quick, but they shoot the three well. We have to get into their guards and force them to shoot quickly.