He hasn't had a blowout year. He hasn't come in and dominated. Once again, expectations, and people are coming at him much harder. |
He's got a lot going right now in his life. He's got to figure it out for himself. |
He's used to scoring a lot of points in high school, so he's still learning to be a point guard. He has tremendous physical ability. I think he has the potential to be one of the best point guards in the country. |
I often say my guys are delusional, and I like that. |
I think anybody who watched this game would come away impressed that Ohio has a good team. To go toe-to-toe with them for 40 minutes, how can I be disappointed? |
I think it's an advantage for us to have to play a Monday night game, because it gives us two wins in a row, big wins, that really have everyone in that locker room feeling pretty confident about their ability to shoot the basketball and our ability to play at a high level. |
I'll tell you right now, they're going to be right there in the end in terms of winning the west. No question in my mind, they have a great shot at winning the west. |
In games like this, great point-guard play makes the difference. They have one in Haynes. |
It's a plus to go to Cleveland and know you can win three games in three days. |
John Bowler is a player of the year candidate. He's that good. I don't know if he's going to win it, but he's one of the top five players in our league, and Charles has them playing hard. |
My idea was to stay in the game until the end and see if we could steal it. We almost did. |
My plan was to stay in it until the end, then steal it. And we were doing that. Then the guy banks in the 3. |
Reggie has done an amazing job with this program. I remember coming here five years ago. I called it a friends-and-family crowd. You could announce the crowd as quickly as the starting lineup. There were two people heckling us behind the bench. I think they were homeless people. |
That's life in the MAC. When you come out with low energy, you're going to get beat. |
The one thing we've been able to develop in this program is a little swagger. |