I think he's a solid player ? he shoots the ball well for his size and goes to the hole hard. I'd like to see him put the ball on the floor a little better, but other than that, I think he's got a chance to make some money in this game. |
I think not making the NIT will fuel our fire for next year. |
I think they burned us in the half court. That's where we got burned mostly. |
I think this is great on a couple of levels because it allows a new coach to have his entire team together and it allows you to have a choice between practices and skill development, |
I wasn't pleased with the 36, but I didn't think it was a dominant 36. |
I wasn't sure what he meant by that. |
I'm disappointed in our energy level but I preface it by saying I thought it could happen because of the emotion we had on the road against Nevada and the big win at Utah State last week. |
I'm disappointed, but not angry because I thought our guys played extremely hard. We had our chances, we just did not do the things down the stretch of the game that would allow us to win the game. |
I'm not really about having to go back and play them back to back like that. From a psychological standpoint, when you have to play the two best teams in the league two weekends in a row, it can be devastating to your morale and your whole psyche. Losing against these guys is not the issue, it's the psychological effect it could have. It could have a lasting effect if you lose the majority of these games. |
It changes the whole makeup of our team. |
It was a gutsy performance by my guys tonight. San Jose State played extremely well in the first half. They dominated us on the boards. We've been close so many times, and we've been growing every week, with much of the growth in the effort department. In overtime games, we've had three, and this was our first win. |
It was a heck of a ballgame. I obviously don't like the way it ended up. I thought it was lopsided in a couple of ways. |
It's a real difficult question to answer because they're all very different. This (Nevada) is a more athletic team than Utah State. But Utah State is the best shooting team in college basketball. They're almost a better shooting team than my UNLV team in '77. Almost. |
It's about rebounding. At Hawaii they beat us on the boards and I thought that was the key to this game tonight. |
It's disappointing for my guys. But the great thing about it is that before this season started, who would have thought that we'd be disappointed by not making the N.I.T.? So the glass is definitely half full. |