We're really not into the moral victories, but I do respect the way this team played tonight. These young guys came out and fought and played together. All the things we've been talking about all season long. We got that tonight. |
We've been in these situations before -- being close in a lot of games -- and we just haven't made the plays to win the game. I thought we did that tonight. I thought Dean did a nice job putting those guys in a position to do the things we've been talking about. The calls that he made were very similar to what I was thinking. I thought the guys also did a good job of responding. |
We've got one or two guys playing well. Tonight that's not enough. I was encouraged by the last two games that we played, but tonight we basically were playing from behind all game long. |
We've got to play better defense. We can't keep digging holes for ourselves early in the game then try to fight our way out of it. |
We've had some good days. We've got to get better in that area. We've been working on that, and hopefully we'll continue to improve. |
We've played some pretty consistent basketball in the month of January, but it's one month. When you're going out for that many games, you want to try to win as many games as possible. So yes, it (Minnesota) is an important game to try to get these guys a focus. |
We've talked about what we need to do to finish the season and we can't just forfeit these games. They just came out right from the start and jumped on us. We made some of those guys look like stars. |
We've thrown a lot of guys out there. I've been surprised that teams have matched up with us as opposed to just pounding us. We've really struggled with rebounding the ball and defending the post with the smaller group. |
What I saw from my team out on the court, you shouldn't see that in basketball. They basically had their way with us tonight. |
What I was hoping for by bringing him in would be that these guys would be excited to see him and get a lift. I thought he came in and did some pretty good things. He made some nice shots, we ran a couple of pick-and-roll sets with him, and he was able to knock down some shots. |
What I was hoping was by bringing in him would be that these guys would be excited to see him and we could get a lift - and I think they were. He came in and did some pretty good things. He made some nice shots and ran some pick and rolls. We needed to have a change and he was a change. I think the guys responded to him returning tonight. |
What it has done for Orangeburg is provide a common philosophy we can all put our arms around, ... It's the one thing that will keep us moving forward. |
When he realized he wasn't going to play, he basically got out of uniform. You don't do that. |
When it's difficult for us to score, we just can't dig down and scrap. We talked about pulling together. It's easier to be together when things are going well. But when things are going bad, that's when you need to pull together and I don't see us doing that out on the floor during the rough times. |
When they got hot, I thought we tightened up a bit. |