Although we are on the road for much of November, December and part of January, if we can pick up some early road wins it will certainly help to have home-court advantage down the stretch, especially having five league games at home and traveling for just three in February and March. With the strength of every team in our league, there is no letting down and every game has to be treated with a championship effort. |
Any time you get 18 assists, you're going to get balanced scoring. That gave us some nice baskets. Hopefully, it will give us some confidence. |
At this time of the year, it comes down to energy or enthusiasm or whatever you want to call it. That's the key for both teams. |
Bowling Green has always been a nemesis for us and they have a lot of fight in them. We came out and I thought we played well. And I'll take it. I know the Falcons will be waiting for us when we go up there. |
Everything was fine until he showed up. He's good, and they're all good. They're a hard team to play, but we really need to play them well. |
Here's what we're going to do. The first man on our team that goes to the offensive board, he's going to sit on the bus, because we've got to get back. If you don't, he'll go right past you. |
I don't know if we'll get a chance to play again, and that's what hurts. |
I probably should've put (Hatcher) on Fortes (earlier). He was wild. |
I realize Big East teams will be bigger at the guard position, but you can play those two at the same time because Muhammad is like a 2-guard anyway. If you have him and Downey in there, it takes some pressure off Downey. That's not a bad option off the bench - it certainly destroyed us. |
I think it hurt us on the offensive end a lot. He not only scores for us, he's one of those guys that's always active. He's always doing something. He's a decent passer; he really moves and gets things going. |
I think it's a great thing. They keep taking and taking and taking from P.E. and you can see it in our kids, they're getting fatter and fatter and fatter. |
I told them one thing before the game: That I wanted them to play better than they did Thursday, and true to form, they did. |
I was more concerned with winning this game, hoping our guys could bounce back, than I was with any jinx. I was more concerned with how we came out and played after that loss to Kent (State). |
I would have liked to play Tuesday night; it won't be an excuse. When you're playing well, you want to play more and practice less. |
If you're going to play bad, play bad down in South Carolina, or in one of those tournaments in Puerto Rico or something. For a lot of people, especially those watching on TV, this might be the one time they see us play. |