The signs that I saw (Tuesday) are concerning. |
The thing about them that scares you the most is they are experienced, it doesn't matter if they're up 15 or down 15, they're still going to do their things. They're going to keep shooting the 3. |
The thing that has got me concerned is that our approach, I think, has changed a little bit. We've gotten very, very tentative. In this league, you're not going to back your way into any victories. |
The thing that separates us from the rest of the quote-unquote bubble teams is our strength of schedule. |
The turnover wasn't his fault. Ron (Allen) should have met the pass. He kind of made a lazy pass and the guy ran through it. If Ron meets the ball, we're fine. |
The way that Minnesota brought it to us early was exactly what this team needed. It kind of shook us, told us we'd better play or we're going to get blown out. |
Their zone was designed to take Eric out of the game, and that opened things up for some of the other guys. If Eric is occupied on the baseline, that opens up the middle. |
There were six times in the second half that we put them in the red zone--where there were under 10 seconds on the shot clock--and they scored on five of them. Pitt found a way to make plays and we didn't. |
There?s no question in my mind that we?re one of the 34 best at-large teams in the country. |
There's been a couple of schools that have made some preliminary inquiries, as of this time that's not something I want to share publicly. |
There's nobody we can pick up on waivers. We've got to deal with it as it is and do the best job we can. |
They are definitely a group of fighters. They've been terribly resilient through a myriad of circumstances which they are currently under. I'm proud of the team and the way we have grown together as a group. We're certainly looking forward to the challenges that lie ahead. |
They dominated us in every area. They played extremely well. |
They have good individual players, but what makes them a special group is the way they play together. They're better collectively than individually. |
They play five or six guys, it's a different set of circumstances, obviously. Unfortunately we're both dealing with a numbers issue. I'm not just saying this, I have a tremendous amount of respect for what they've done because it's very, very difficult to churn away when you're not being rewarded with wins. To their credit, they continue to fight and they'll be ready to play. |