C.J. Watson is a tremendous player, and he is playing the best basketball of his career. |
Early on, Channing had been playing as good as anybody on this team. But he had gone a little over the top with his aggression. He had started to press and play too fast. I had some long, persistent talks with him to not go down that road. |
Going into this year, I thought he was going to be one of our most improved players, and I still feel that way. He just doesn't have a chance to show it because he's been playing in pain all season. He's in discomfort all the time, whether he's playing or not. |
He boggles the mind with what he's able to do at that size. |
He can shoot and pass and handle the ball. But what's been impressive so far has been his feel for the game, his poise, his instincts, his level of composure. You don't see that always with freshman. |
He didn't get as many easy baskets (Wednesday) as he did in Athens. But he was obviously feeling really good and he hit a lot from the line. |
He got hammered. He got fouled on the play. It just wasn't called. |
He has a great attitude about getting healthy and strong for next season, and we are going to do our best to move forward minus his contributions. |
He has actually shot it better than we expected. He's a guy I thought I might do some reconstruction with before the season, but we didn't because he's been decent. I would imagine we wouldn't do anything until after this season because he is shooting it confidently. That's a big part of shooting. |
He is a terrific player, there is no doubt about that. He played really well tonight. I tip my hat to him. |
He is incredible. He's the best contested shooter I've ever seen in college basketball. I don't know how far out he has to go to be out of his range. |
He just won the game for them; he flat-out won the game for them. |
He was a handful today. He's got excellent size as a shooter. He's also athletic and can beat you off the dribble. ... He's a very good player and he hurt us. |
He's a young man that's really putting it all together. He's going to be a great player. He's a handful right now. He's very difficult to handle. |
He's clearly the most versatile player on our team. |