The kid is a very good shooter, as good as I've recruited since I've been a coach here. He's gonna miss some shots but you have to go with him. |
The last game was a real strange game. We were up big early, they got back in it, we were up right before the half, we fell asleep, we got down, they get right back. We want to get back on the right track, get back to .500 in the league. |
There's not a whole lot of difference between any of the teams. I think the group of kids that plays the hardest and stays into whatever their coach is trying to do has the best chance to win it. |
They don't beat themselves and they're very aggressive in the defensive end. They put a lot of pressure on you. |
They took us out of everything. They make it difficult for you to handle the ball on the perimeter. |
They were the more aggressive team. They created opportunities for themselves. And we were forced to react to them all night. |
They're playing with more confidence. Last year we went in [to the tournament] losing a game. Now we go in winning three, and these guys just want to keep playing. |
This certainly falls into the category of games where we really gutted it out. We made way more plays than they did and it would have been a real shame if we had another guy foul out and lost. |
This is the best game he's played in college. He was very efficient, very active on both ends of court. He did a real nice job. |
Those are the breaks, and these kids have played hard. |
We didn't let their other guys get going at all. Overall I thought that we had a comfortable lead the entire game, and that's because of the way our guys played on defense. |
We didn't play with a lot of energy in the first half. We were running uphill the entire game, and every time we came close we made a mistake. |
We need to come out aggressive, not only on the defensive end but on the offensive end as well. If we don't, our season will simply come to an end. |
We started three guys who haven't played a minute of Division I basketball in this type of environment, and I thought they showed a lot of poise right from the beginning. I thought we competed on every possession right to the end of the game, which was what we had hoped we would do. |
We were able to get out in transition and get some quick baskets. I have always said missing shots can be contagious, but today making them was contagious. |