Adding international players to the mix and early outs to the NBA are leveling the playing field. There are more ways for people to get good. |
All you have to do is look around for a moment to find someone worse off than you. |
Both halves I thought we asserted ourselves early and they came back in a good way at us. |
Could we figure into the mix? Yeah, we could. But I think we've got work left to do. |
He brings a certain confidence and charisma to the court. I've always said he gives us a little extra belief. |
He gives his team confidence. He can draw fouls, get to the paint and he can create. |
He played a heavy dose of minutes (30) at George Mason but he was a step and a half (slow) and really had a hard time. He felt bad about it, but that was his pride as being a competitor. We'll manage it as the season goes along, but it certainly will inhibit his rhythm a little bit and our ability to blend him in with the team. |
He was a horse today. And I rode that horse. |
He wasn't his old self. We wouldn't be here ... Isaiah had 28 at Colorado, 29 at Hofstra. We rode the horses that got us here. But some of them came up limping and lame. |
He's 10 times busier than I am. |
I am very pleased how things have fallen into place. My family and I have such fond feelings for the university, the people and the athletic program. I believe this shows a commitment for continued growth for the program and validates that we are on the right path. This sort of stuff serves all of us as an opportunity to get optimistic and anxious as we look to the coming season and beyond. |
I asked him before the game if he could even play, and I'm surprised he played as much as he did. He wasn't his old self, but he tried. |
I don't think the country knows how good he is. I mean this in the most complimentary way: He's not a guy who grabs the rim. He doesn't do it all with athleticism. He does it with skill and instincts and competitive fire. He's for real. |
I don't think the story of the game should be what we didn't do but what they did do. |
I don't understand not being able to make free throws. |