We're going to continue to talk about how we have to protect home floor. At the end of the day if we're sitting here disappointed, we will have no one to blame but ourselves if we don't protect home floor. |
We're in … I think. I would have to think that would help our cause. |
We're in an NCAA tournament night, there's a lot of teams with local flavor, it's Friday night, it's St. Patrick's Day, students have to pay for tickets, we just finished finals and we're on spring break. I'm tremendously proud of our fans, it's what makes this basketball program one of the best in the country, because our people are tremendously loyal and passionate. Tonight they really came out and supported this team because this team has earned the right to be supported. |
We're playing a team in South Florida that has yet to scratch in the Big East. But they had a chance to win here [at Georgetown] a few weeks ago and they had Villanova on the ropes. It's going to be a battle. |
We're trying to create a mindset of getting out and going. The first couple of weeks out of the block, we really wanted to emphasize how we want to get out in the open floor, especially if we're going to play small guards. We've got to extend the game. |
We've even thought about toying around with playing him, Cedric (McGowan) and Eric (Hicks) together. We're going to have to explore all of our options. We have to try to maximize what we have. |
We've got to keep winning games. But we've put ourselves in a position where if we don't win games, we don't deserve to go. |
We've had a lot of dialog over the last three or four weeks. |
We've just got to continue to work at it. I've got to try to put them in a position, physically on the floor and mentally as it relates to their approach to making shots so that hopefully we can snap out of this. |
We've lost a little bit of our edge. I think we're tentative; it seems we're not as confident as a group. |
We've said from day one we want people who want to be here. |
We've shot the ball well. We've spent a little more time in individual improvement, with guys getting reps and taking practice time to do that. But as a coach, when you're making shots, you think the defense is terrible, so we've tried to do some different things defensively. |
What he's been able to do at blocking shots in this league night in and night out has been remarkable. |
When Coach [Huggins] first got here, he had success with undersized power players who play bigger than their actual size. If the formula works, don't mess with it. |
When we thought we were starting to get back into [the game], we did foolish things with the ball, which they capitalized on. Good teams do. |