I think he has had to earn that. We certainly felt like he was the guy we wanted to see do these type of things because he's a guy who has some ability. But he has stepped up and provided some scoring. I obviously encouraged him to do that, but within the context of our team. |
I think he's had to earn that. He's a guy that has some ability, that we felt like if he stepped up could provide us with some scoring punch. We encouraged him to do that, but within the context of our team. |
I think he's terrific. He's got such a good base. You look at some guys, when they get in a stance they look like they're as comfortable in a defensive stance as they are walking around. He's strong, and he's real quick laterally. It comes naturally to him. It's clearly something that's important to him, something he's taken a lot of pride in. |
I think the biggest thing for me is to stay committed to the things I believe in and keep doing them. If it's meant to be for me here, it'll happen. If not, I'll move forward. |
I think the biggest thing for us is if we can take care of the ball and really guard. Our offense is so connected to our defense. ... We've been struggling a little bit guarding people off the dribble, and I think they have an NBA backcourt. |
I thought Oklahoma State was terrific. They showed the type of character that their team has, their coach has and their program has. This was not an easy game for anybody. |
I thought we played better tonight. There's something to look at vs. the last two times out. We played better defensively. We were tougher. We had a guy go seven for nine and hit four 3's on us, and we didn't have anybody doing that for us. If we don't have that, we can't let that happen to us. |
I told our guys before the game I thought this was going to be a game about heart and we just had incredible, incredible heart at the end of regulation to be down like that and not quit playing. |
I was inquiring as to a little more detail, and he informed me that he had been told that the president and the chancellor and key members of the board had approved. At that point, there was no confusion in my mind. I knew it was over. |
I was not as hands-on as I think I need to be. |
I was really happy to see Marshall play as aggressively as he did on the glass. I thought that was a big lift for us, and that's the one reason he scored, too. We've got to have better play from him. It's good to see him kind of breaking through a little bit since he hasn't played as well as of late. |
I wouldn't even characterize it as benching. That kind of implies he was doing something that was upsetting me. He wasn't playing well. I felt like there were other guys who were playing better. |
I'm coaching my team, so I'm going to keep doing that until someone tells me not to, keep working as hard as I can. |
I'm not apologizing for our team, |
I've been pretty brutally honest with him this past week about the way I think he's been playing, especially relative to what he's capable of doing. It's good to see him respond the way he did. |