I'm not worried about next year. But hopefully we can build on this. |
If one of the guys is in foul trouble or is hurt, we have guys that can pick it up at any given moment. We're just pretty deep and that gives us an advantage. |
It comes with experience. He has a lot of trust in us. He believes the decisions we make out there are going to be the right ones. That's the way we practice. He doesn't want us out there thinking, and he thinks it's harder for teams to guard other players when you don't know what they're going to do. |
It ended on a sour note. |
It's a big win. But it's just another game on the schedule. |
Kyle really has a knack for the ball. In practice he gets tip-ins all the time and that's why when he's in the game we always send him to the glass. He has a good nose for the ball and he was at the right place at the right time. |
Mostly I'm just grateful he's OK, but I'm also amazed by what he did. He was close to getting his eye poked out. But Allan never got down on himself. As a player, he handled it exceptionally. He never played scared. He showed real courage. |
See, that?s a big difference. If we hold them to maybe 35 percent, who knows what would have happened. |
That's our style and that's the way we play. |
That's why you come to a Big East school, you want to play the best players. I'm looking forward to the rest of the schedule. |
The average human being would be [tired]. We're trying to be different. |
They're very strong, and very physical. But we felt like we could match that. We felt like we could be physical with them. |
Those guys do a good job on our attitude chart. They do the little things. |
To be honest, I wasn't even thinking about that, but I did watch the tape of that game. What it helped me to do is know where I was going to get my shots against their zone so I was prepared for it when I got the ball. |
We are players, basketball players and we do a lot of things. |