Everybody in the country is fighting for their lives. |
Fifty-nine percent is a very high number against a team that on paper you shouldn't be giving up that to. ... What we have to do is give ourselves a chance to be successful. We're not a team that can just yawn our way through and score when you feel like it. We're not that good, we're not that experienced and I don't think we got that accomplished today. |
For a guy like J.R. to take a game and put it on his shoulders without his backcourt partner, there is an example of how truly amazing it is to be around this group of guys. |
For the first time this year, it didn't look like we were playing the game the way we've tried to organize ourselves from day one. You could say [it was] foul trouble, or there were a couple guys banged up or a few other things, but at the end of the day, right now at a critical time we're not locked into a rhythm. |
For the third game in a row I thought we played with some mental focus and toughness. There were certain spots in the game when the ebb and flow could have gone one way or another, and we responded well. For example, in the second half we rebounded much better than we did earlier on. |
Fortunately we could use other people today because of the score to both get them some time and also to reward the walk-ons for the job that they do. |
Games like this are very difficult to play, as much emotionally as anything else. I thought we were very loose, especially in the first half. By not setting a tone, I don't think we did anything today to get ourselves better prepared for the stretch run of the regular season. I'm disappointed because 59 percent is a very high number against a team that on paper you should not be giving up that to. |
He (Wilson) is the end result of their ball movement. You leave a shooter open on the perimeter against a 2-3 zone and he was the beneficiary of very good ball movement, passes, and anytime you leave a shooter, a one-dimensional player, that has an excellent one dimension and he was left open a number of times. |
He coaches with the same energy and passion that we'd like to have in our program. |
He continues to grow. He hasn't had a really bad performance since the Fordham game. He grows quietly because he's not a loud player. He continues to get better. He doesn't want to be known as a guy who just sits behind the arc and takes threes. He can take you off the dribble now, finish in traffic and make decisions, which is what an all-around guard has to do. |
He felt like he could conquer the world. The rim got larger for him. We didn't defend him. |
He has put together a career for the ages. Part of what people need to do is start appreciating him, not only for the season he's having, but for the career he's put together. |
He is being evaluated. He fell on his head and hit it pretty good. |
He really did a great job of protecting their basket and he took away some of opportunities in close. |
He thanked me after the game. How about that? He thanked me for playing him. |