(Brown) was physical and aggressive. His intensity exceeded ours tonight. |
Any time in our history when the color barrier is broken, people have made significant sacrifices and stood up for the rights of others. That can't be taken lightly. |
He certainly had a clean look, but it was a little too deep. |
He's not the type of person who would, you know, when things get tough, walk away. You know, it's special people like that, that rise to the occasion. |
I think it was a combination of us taking quick shots in transition or after one pass, and our post players not being as active as we need them to be. |
I was just happy that he finished the play. It was a great move in terms of penetration. He was wide open on the weak side. Something that we've been trying to focus on with our post guys is being able to catch the ball and finish in traffic, whether it's on a pass or offensive rebound. |
I was really impressed with our effort on the defensive end, understanding (that) is a tremendous team with outstanding athletes. |
It may not show up in the stats, but he?s had a lot of big plays for us. He?s had the big shot, the deflection, the rebound or made the big pass. He?s been invaluable to us. |
Joe and Jose are elite players in our program. But that?s not enough. We need others to step up. |
Our guys did a tremendous job on the defensive end of the floor. We're a team that applies a lot of pressure and tries to use our defense to jump-start our offense. We were able to force some turnovers and turn them into transition points tonight. |
The BCA Invitational is a tremendous opportunity for our student-athletes to take part in. Playing more of a national schedule this year allows our program to gain some exposure and visibility, which not only helps our current players, but paves the way for recruiting efforts down the road. |
The game at Washington allows us the opportunity to bring (junior center) Jason Mgebroff back home, as well as graduate assistant Matt Logie ... We always try and get our student-athletes one trip back home during their career, and I know Jason will be very excited to play in that game. |
This is sure to be one of our most demanding schedules, certainly since I've been here. Along with what figures to be a very competitive league schedule, we've added games against some top-notch opponents, which should really challenge our guys and prepare us well for when the league portion of the schedule begins. |
We are two teams out there that have experience, confidence, toughness, leadership and all that. Usually, you are going to get a pretty close basketball game. |
We had some opportunities early in the game that we didn't convert, and I think that was also part of why we struggled early on. In the second half we went strong to the basket and didn't worry about fouls. We just went up strong and that's when good things happen. |