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NEWARK, N.J. — Chris Holtmann moved quickly and purposefully. It is the way he probably looked when he was a small-college All-America guard at Taylor University.
The 44-year-old coach watched his Butler Bulldogs lead Seton Hall for 16-plus minutes of the first half Wednesday night. Here they were, at the half, tied at 38 because Isaiah Whitehead shot 7-of-7 on 3-pointers.
“I’ve got to get something off my chest,” Holtmann began.
Thus began a halftime oration in college basketball’s inner sanctum, the locker room.
Butler allowed IndyStar an all-access pass on this Big East road trip — on the charter flights, at team meals, in the meeting and training rooms, at the shootaround. It is a different lifestyle from Butler’s previous league, the Horizon, a compact conference in which transportation was almost always by bus.
The 35 hours spent with the Bulldogs were both revealing in the detail with which coaches and players prepare for one 40-minute game, and unsurprising in what happens behind the scenes. A similar all-access pass was granted for the Atlantic 10 tournament at Brooklyn, N.Y., in March 2013 under former coach Brad Stevens.
Nothing of consequence has changed.
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Coaches had been so meticulous in the game plan that nothing more needed to be said. Focus was elsewhere.
Assistant coach Terry Johnson: “Pass first. When you get a loose ball, s-l-o-w down.”
Holtmann: “Get outside yourself and figure out a way to help the team.”
One player chided himself for too many turnovers. Otherwise, the Bulldogs were silent, drinking fluids, absorbed in thought, resting for what they knew would be a second-half fight.
They had come close to road wins at Providence, Creighton and Marquette, only to fall short. They knew that. Seton Hall was probably better than all three. They knew that.
“You want to win on the road, you’ve got to ratchet it up right now!” Holtmann said before leaving the team for a short staff meeting.
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http://www.indystar.com/story/sport...-behind-scenes-seton-hall-road-trip/79899258/
NEWARK, N.J. — Chris Holtmann moved quickly and purposefully. It is the way he probably looked when he was a small-college All-America guard at Taylor University.
The 44-year-old coach watched his Butler Bulldogs lead Seton Hall for 16-plus minutes of the first half Wednesday night. Here they were, at the half, tied at 38 because Isaiah Whitehead shot 7-of-7 on 3-pointers.
“I’ve got to get something off my chest,” Holtmann began.
Thus began a halftime oration in college basketball’s inner sanctum, the locker room.
Butler allowed IndyStar an all-access pass on this Big East road trip — on the charter flights, at team meals, in the meeting and training rooms, at the shootaround. It is a different lifestyle from Butler’s previous league, the Horizon, a compact conference in which transportation was almost always by bus.
The 35 hours spent with the Bulldogs were both revealing in the detail with which coaches and players prepare for one 40-minute game, and unsurprising in what happens behind the scenes. A similar all-access pass was granted for the Atlantic 10 tournament at Brooklyn, N.Y., in March 2013 under former coach Brad Stevens.
Nothing of consequence has changed.
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Getting back to Seton Hall ...
Coaches had been so meticulous in the game plan that nothing more needed to be said. Focus was elsewhere.
Assistant coach Terry Johnson: “Pass first. When you get a loose ball, s-l-o-w down.”
Holtmann: “Get outside yourself and figure out a way to help the team.”
One player chided himself for too many turnovers. Otherwise, the Bulldogs were silent, drinking fluids, absorbed in thought, resting for what they knew would be a second-half fight.
They had come close to road wins at Providence, Creighton and Marquette, only to fall short. They knew that. Seton Hall was probably better than all three. They knew that.
“You want to win on the road, you’ve got to ratchet it up right now!” Holtmann said before leaving the team for a short staff meeting.
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