We did better than we had in the past. It's hard. I ask the boys to play so fast, push the ball in transition. Then all of a sudden with 3 minutes left, I'm standing, yelling for them to slow down, go to our spread [offense]. |
We have a lot of respect for them, and we know what they have accomplished this year, ... we're going to get at it and put ourselves in as best as a position as we can on (Friday). |
We have got to get him touches at the basket. Everything we do has to start in his hands. Even when he's not scoring with a drop-step or a hook, people are collapsing on him and that's going to free up Brandon and Gabe for some jump-shot opportunities. |
We played as good a defense tonight as we have played in the last six or seven games, in my opinion, against a very potent offensive team. |
We really want to (put this behind us). We want to take care of business in our next two ballgames on our regular schedule. Then we have an opportunity with the regional here for our guys to play on their floor, and that's special. |
We tried to get Shaun involved. In the first half, there was hardly a trace that he even played. |
We used words like monumental, gigantic. He was really big off the bench for us. |
We wanted to chop up those last 16 seconds with some fouls. We felt Gabe (Landau) got one at the time line, but it wasn't called. So (Henderson) penetrated and got right down the lane. |
We're colliding awfully early. I don't think it will decide the conference championship, but it will definitely set the tone the rest of the way. |
We've got to get better quickly. |
You have to be able to make good plays on just about every possession. They don't get rattled. So many times this season they've knocked teams out in the first quarter. Teams have to work so hard to recover from that. By the time they do that, the game's over. Those are things we have to guard against. We've done an admirable job of that the first two times, but it wasn't enough, plain and simple. |