Now what I have is a team that's fresh mentally and they're fresh physically. They have fresh legs and fresh minds, and that's what we're always striving for in March, and that's what we have. |
Obviously I didn't make the game fast enough. I didn't coach up to snuff. So, you know, it's a little bit of everything. We move on. |
Obviously, Houston gave us a game. (The Cougars) could have, should have beaten us they played so well. |
Obviously, we have policy and team rules, and this is a case that I'll deal with like all the others. I'll deal with it in a fair way, and deal with him in a fair way. But we've got to look into it first. |
Offensively, we were back to passing it to each other. We were back to making easy plays. We didn't turn it over as much. We did some good stuff. |
Our defense was phenomenal. Joey Dorsey was an absolute monster, and we need him to be a monster. |
Our half-court defense is still our staple. That's what we are. We want to make the game hard for the other team. It's hard to run plays when you can switch and do the things we do. |
People are saying, 'Well, do you think it'll hurt you that they're young? You know, the thing about young guys is they don't think they're going to lose. They haven't been through it yet. So we will see. |
People thought I was crazy. I've had more fun coaching this style. |
Please make a basket. Make a free throw. Kick it in. We played bad and I coached bad. ... we did it together. |
Rodney scored a bunch of points, but let me tell you what Rodney did -- he defended. Late in the game, he did not get beat on the dribble one time. |
Sometimes I get a little stunned. Wow! It took us six years. |
That was a heck of a game. I told their coach, 'Let's hope we are playing in April. Let's hope we are the last two standing. |
That was a high-level basketball game. My hat is off to Tennessee . They played exactly like they needed to play. They are executing how they want to play. They got it inside when they needed to get a couple of baskets. |
That was a high-level basketball game. My hat is off to Tennessee. |