If there's a change in time or place, we'll certainly get that word out, but at this point, there hasn't been anything like that. |
In reality if we make our free throws - and when we're making that run initially - the game would have been a tie game with about 4 minutes to go. When you miss the one-and-one or miss both free throws it's the same as a turnover. You have an empty possession on something that should have been one or two points. |
In the end we didn't make our free throws. If we make our free throws, the game unfolds all right for us. Those are the little things you have to do at the end to win a game like that. |
It always helps to make free throws. If you make free throws it's a pretty simple game, especially at the end. |
It comes every game, and you know it's coming. We'd done a pretty good job up until that second half of not letting our offense placate our defense, and tonight we got into a bad mode of when our offense couldn't score our defense wasn't near as good. |
It's always a big game to them. That's part of what, still, I don't think our young guys always understand. When you put Wyoming on your chest, it's a big deal for somebody to try to beat you. |
It's true. But I have nothing to hang my head about. |
Justin Williams has got to step up. With so many new players out there on the court, you've got to have your guys that have been through the battles sometimes. There's no question, he's going to have to step up and play a better game down there. |
Like all of us, our student-athletes have to make some tough decisions, especially when finances are involved. We wish Steve could have stayed, but we certainly understand that when it comes to family, priorities change. It's unfortunate for Steve, but we wish him the very best. |
Maybe I even take some of the blame. By the time we go back to Vegas, (Wyoming is) going to be really good again. |
Most people would have said if Justin Williams doesn't play today, we don't even have a chance. |
No. I'm not going to f – - – - – - comment about a f – - – - – - job, And you can f – - – - – - print that. |
Offensive rebounding. They get 20 of them and really, that's what hurt us in the first half. We guarded their stuff well enough. We had some trouble with transition defense and we had trouble with rebounding the basketball. |
Our guys have got to understand that the better the team is you are playing, the more mental breakdowns is what they feed off of. |
Our kids got a little excited during that stretch of the game and didn't really take care of the ball. But I have a lot of faith in my guards and I think they settled down after that. |