Bill Self was asked about Tarkanian after his passing. This was part of his response...
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"I thought he was unique in that he was very complimentary of other coaches, and when we played them -- I've probably told you this. My last team at Tulsa lost five games. All five were at the buzzer, last possession. We lost five games on the last possession. Three of them were to Fresno State, and he came in our locker room after they beat us at their place in their tournament, and they made some shot to win by one or two, whatever it was, and I think it was a three from the corner, Terrance Roberson, but who remembers that kind of stuff, but made a three to win the conference tournament at the buzzer. He asked me after the game, can I come talk to your team.
"He got in and talked to my team, he said, I just want to tell you guys, God, I love watching you guys play. Now, we've beat you three times, but this is the only three games we've played worth a crap all year long. I mean, just going on and on. God, you guys are so good and so much fun to watch. Man, God, you guys can go to the Final Four. I love your team. Just being encouraging. He was one of those kind of guys that always was very complimentary of other players."
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"I thought he was unique in that he was very complimentary of other coaches, and when we played them -- I've probably told you this. My last team at Tulsa lost five games. All five were at the buzzer, last possession. We lost five games on the last possession. Three of them were to Fresno State, and he came in our locker room after they beat us at their place in their tournament, and they made some shot to win by one or two, whatever it was, and I think it was a three from the corner, Terrance Roberson, but who remembers that kind of stuff, but made a three to win the conference tournament at the buzzer. He asked me after the game, can I come talk to your team.
"He got in and talked to my team, he said, I just want to tell you guys, God, I love watching you guys play. Now, we've beat you three times, but this is the only three games we've played worth a crap all year long. I mean, just going on and on. God, you guys are so good and so much fun to watch. Man, God, you guys can go to the Final Four. I love your team. Just being encouraging. He was one of those kind of guys that always was very complimentary of other players."
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