He came in and hit a couple of big shots. I may need to look at playing him a little bit more. |
He was not working as hard as I thought he should have to prepare himself for the season. |
He's doing a fine job with that team. But I'm not surprised. I thought all along he would do a good job there because he's an excellent coach. Anytime you go to a new conference there are going to be adjustments. He seems to be making those adjustments well. |
He's played below expectations at times, but he's also played well at times. I really like the way he's playing now, though. If he can continue to play like that, it would be big for us. |
Hopefully being on television will bring out the best in us. No doubt, it gives us more exposure and it should help in recruiting. I think it's a win-win situation. |
Hopefully, he can draw from that game. |
I knew he had the injury, but we expected him to be a little more productive. He's playing like we expected him to play all along now. He was a missing piece for a while, but he's been real steady since then. He's really stepped up big these past two games. |
I know Prairie View isn't a towering team, but we rebounded the ball much better. |
I think our guys understand the importance of this trip. We need to play with urgency and play with a purpose. |
I'm real proud of these guys for battling the way they did tonight. We had a good shot of winning the game there late in the game. But we missed some easy shots that we normally make. And we missed some free throws. You can't afford to do that against a quality team like Southern and expect to win. |
It was tense, real tense. |
It's going to be emotional I'm sure. Those guys are like family, and now they're going to be leaving the house. |
Jeremy has done a good job. He's about where we expected him to be at this point. He would probably be a little further ahead if not for the setbacks. |
Let's face it, both of those guys inside are good players. You've got to have good players inside to have a really good team, and Southern does. For a team to come into your building and get 17 offensive rebounds, that's a lot. That's unacceptable. |
Our defense was real good tonight, perhaps as best as it's been all season. |