This was kind of like a microcosm of our season. |
Those things happen. It's like the roll of the green in golf. It can't be 'Oh, pity me.' Life's not fair. Our team, better than any other team in the country, understands life's not fair. We have an 18-year-old dealing with his dad [battling cancer]. You can't find anything more unfair than that. |
We continue to press on. We've got to get to the point where we can impose our will at the end of games. We've got to have that ability to get that stop, finish that play at the end. It's a very small margin. |
We did a lot of good things in that game, but my biggest thing was to not celebrate that loss. There were some things that we could learn from. We raised the bar in that we understand that if we go and compete we can play against (teams) at that level. Those are the expectations we have with our team. This is a pretty competitive group. |
We didn't do a good job on J.R.. He came off screens, made some big shots, and we have to give him credit for that. |
We didn't even discuss it. We didn't say, 'Well, you've got to play well tonight because ....' ... That guy's heart is as pure as Ivory soap. |
We didn't stop the ball from getting in the post as well as I would've liked during that run. |
We haven't exactly given him a ton of opportunities. That's probably bad coaching. He can score when he's aggressive. |
We haven't seen Coleman Collins for 10 weeks. We might not see him again the rest of the season. I can't tell you that. And I wouldn't blame him. |
We just don't have the ability to impose our will in the key moments of the game to win a game of this magnitude against a nationally ranked team. |
We just have to find a way to make more plays, make more shots. We have to take it over the hump. Plain and simple. |
We just hope that we see (the real) Coleman Collins tomorrow. That's the biggest thing. Something good needs to happen to that kid. |
We look at each game on the schedule as a separate entity. We play it, we evaluate it, then we wipe the slate clean and move on. |
We probably got more out of him than I thought. |
We probably should've taken our chances, maybe, force them to make a jump shot. Until we start getting a stop at the end of the game or coming up with a 50-50 ball, you'll have a hard time winning close games. |