We have entered a stage right now in college basketball where 15 years ago, it would have been maybe totally no way George Mason could go to the Final Four. It just goes to show how many good coaches there are out there, how many good players there are out there. On any given night, anybody can beat anybody. |
We have not faced anything close or remotely like this team. |
We have to deal with what's at hand right now. |
We just didn't think he was right for us. |
We just recently had a function where we had to go into the student assistance fund to get players some clothes. Some of our kids come from backgrounds where getting a suit on short notice is difficult. |
We just tried to continue to attack and mix up our defenses. I told our guys this game would come down to the same things we've been doing all year - unselfishness, making the extra pass and being able to defend and rebound. |
We just wanted to continually attack and mix up our defenses. |
We kind of allowed them to get back in and get closer. |
We missed a lot of easy baskets and missed a lot of opportunities. We had decent looks and couldn't convert in a lot of situations. |
We missed so many easy baskets around the rim at first. We did a much better job in the second half of getting the ball inside and rebounding. As a coaching staff, we have to keep our guys upbeat and not let them get frustrated. |
We played great tonight, we really did. They gave me everything I could possibly want. I am really proud of the way our team responded here. This was the toughest road environment we faced all season. |
We realize the toughest stretch of the season is here. |
We really felt like it was going to be hard for us to play the whole game man-to-man. [Mississippi centers Dwayne] Curtis and [Jeremy] Parnell are just too big up front, and they fatigue you and wear you down. [The Rebels] go deep into the shot clock ... so we tried to mix in some zones, some different looks to try to change and keep them off balance. |
We really talked about [defending] the 3-point line and trying to change and mix up double teams on [Jai] Lewis and [Will] Thomas just to try and keep them off-balance. |
We shot ourselves in the foot a lot of times in the second half. . . . I thought both teams had fatigue settle in as the game went on. |