Against a team as great as they are, you have few opportunities to take control. We didn't take advantage of the opportunities we had. |
Every coach's goal or dream is to try and be playing your best basketball towards the end of the season. We're starting to do that...but this is a league that's hard to get momentum and build on because of the fact that everybody is so good and you just can't get two, three, four wins in a row, per se. |
Every team begins the year with the goal of going to the NCAA tournament. And until somebody takes that dream away - and says, 'OK, we need those uniforms back tomorrow. We'll meet tomorrow for our end-of-the-year meeting' - you still pursue those dreams. |
Every team begins the year with the goal of going to the NCAA tournament. Until somebody takes that dream away, you pursue it. The reality is, we're a long way off from being in the NCAA tournament. For us to do that is a pipe dream. But if we were to win our last four, we're 8-8 in the best conference in the country. We'd have an opportunity. |
For a team that's 4-8, 3-8 going in, they showed some character. |
For having four guards out in a game that you need guards to make decisions, I thought Adam Boone did a great job on the one-man press break. I was proud of our guys, taking the game plan and implementing it. It wasn't for as long as I wanted, but at least coach Williams had to break a sweat for a while. |
For us to win the tournament, we would have to go through four NCAA tournament teams. It's a pretty tough draw when you look at it. |
For whatever reason we were obviously in some foul trouble. I don't want to talk about the fouls anymore. |
He did a great job of telling them, 'Hey, this program is not where we want it to be. But we're not making a change. And we're going into next year with this coaching staff.' It was fortunate, just for our peace of mind, that Joel was with us on the trip. |
He has set a standard that we as a team need to go to - or we're not going to be successful. |
He has told me that I will be back. |
He lost some timing when he got hurt. Our defense is not going to be able to create for him as much as it did last year. He gets a lot of his baskets in the open court, and we're not going to be able to get that for him as much this year. |
He plays bigger than whatever he is and yet his athleticism is of a guard. |
He's bigger than them, but not as athletic. Their offense will spread you out similar to Indiana and Ohio State. |
I called a couple other things in those time outs, both times. It's what Vince wanted, and again, I was trying to go to the best player. |