A lot of people don't respect him, but I do. I know what he's capable of doing. He's a tough guy. He can shoot the ball. He's deceptive when he drives. It isn't a shock to me. I just think overall on the defensive end we didn't do a good job of being aware and alert on some of that stuff. |
All I could think about was, 'I hope he doesn't make that. |
As a team, we're frustrated. We're determined at the same time, though. We're determined to stay positive. It's very easy to slump your shoulders, sink your head, (think) 'We're losing.' But we're not going to do that. |
At this place, we're used to it. Fans, media, family. The State thing has been like that for a long time. |
Coach always teaches us on defense to close out with a high hand and take away that shot. If you're on offense, if a defender doesn't do that, then you're at liberty to shoot the 3. It's just confidence. |
Coach has really been challenging him to stay out of foul trouble. We need him to hold the middle down, get big rebounds and make good defensive plays without picking up fouls. I think he's going to make the extra effort to stay in the game and we're going to need him to. |
Despite the losses here the latter part of the season, we have had a good season. There is a lot to be thankful for. |
He can run the point. But I guess maybe it takes away from their perimeter play. The have the personnel, but it's just a matter of it working. |
He got on us, but we also focused on the good things we've done. |
He's a great player. I'm sure a lot of teams that didn't recruit him now wish they had. |
I feel incomplete. I feel like we were supposed to play another half or something. |
I had that same shot earlier in the game -- I think I had it twice -- but I passed it up. I have confidence in that shot. |
I kind of blanked out. I couldn't believe it was over. |
I think maybe some games in the past, we lost our focus and let some teams back in. Miami, they kinda forced their way back in, you know. We didn't really get rattled or nervous or anything like that. They just did some good things. Any good team, they're not going to stay down for long. But the thing is, we pulled together and we still won the game. |
I'm shocked by this, to be honest. The past four games, we had been doing some positive things and winning close games and building momentum. So to play like this today is definitely a surprise. But the only thing we can do is put it behind us and get started looking forward to Florida State. |