That's a tough group. I don't know if there's been more of a tough-minded team in the league. |
The teams that have a winning record have one thing in common: they've all won those close games. |
This was the first time Sammy had over 10 points since December. We just figured that if he made two shots from beyond the three [point line], we would be ecstatic. That really helps. |
Tino just keeps getting better and better. He's getting the ball in good position and using his quickness to the basket. He's getting a lot of attention inside and when the defense has an edge, he does a good job of kicking it back out to give somebody an open jump shot. |
We better get used to it, because I think with this team, this is the way it's going to be. |
We came out on their shooters with our hands down and dared them to make 3's, and you can't do that against a good shooting team. |
We got the look we wanted at the end and Ridley is a guy who always goes hard to the basket. I wasn't surprised at all to see him come up with that big rebound and shot at the end. |
We kind of flipped the script. Everybody was saying we weren't supposed to be here and were looking for an Akron-Kent State final. |
We learned a lot from coming up short in a lot of those games. The mind-set of the players is just better. |
We like to wear out the point. We want to jump out on him, turn him, and then bring pressure from behind and try to get some tipped balls. |
We need a more productive inside game and to get more shots out of our post players. We have to find a happy medium. We're taking the path of least resistance. We have to have an inside game when our outside shots aren't falling. We're not attacking on offense like we should be. |
We really shared the basketball. It was nice to see that balance. |
We wanted to feel good about ourselves after this game. So I think they feel good about themselves. |
We wanted to use all of it, to shoot the ball with very little time left so that the worst thing that could happen was overtime. |