I don't know that you can get any closer without getting one. We feel like when we absolutely have to have a defensive stop or a basket at that pivotal time we haven't been able to do it. |
I just think, if it was important at all, the timing was important. We're obviously in the heart of recruiting, it never stops. |
I like our entire effort. It was our worst nightmare, falling behind 18-0. We knew that the one thing we could not do is fall behind early. Not against a team like that, a team that can do so much. You stop one thing they do, they beat you another way. But we kept going at them. |
I never believed (the rumors), I never thought one time I wasn't going to be back. It wasn't a revelation to me. Other than that, it was their decision to release that statement. |
I really did the best I could to try to ignore it. When I first heard it, I literally laughed at it. I thought it was a joke. I still think it's a joke. Anything that's not coming from the administration, I don't think there's any need to give any credence to it. |
I really think if we get that first one the next one won't be far behind. We just need one to get us over the hump. At some point, you've got to have a win to reinforce those things that you've been preaching. |
I tell the players it doesn't matter. That's why you line up and play. Sometimes, when things aren't going well in practice, I remind them they're not getting much respect. |
I think as a head coach, it's your responsibility to protect your players. |
I think that's an example that they were the more physical team. They have a lot of options and a lot of weapons offensively. |
I thought it was a game that was tailor made for his talents. He's very athletic and you get the ball 10 to 15 feet away from the basket, and he's good at finishing plays. |
I thought it was a joke. I still think it's a joke. Anything that's not coming from the administration, there's no need to give any credence to it. |
I thought the last 3 or 4 minutes there in the first half is when things kind of got away. We had four or five consecutive possessions where we didn't execute well. |
I thought they (the traveling violations) were legitimate calls. It's extremely disappointing not to be able to get a shot at the end. That is the last thing we wanted to happen. The last two traveling violations hurt because we work on that stuff everyday in practice, and our players practice footwork coming off screens and getting the ball in that situation. |
I thought they were one of the more physical teams we've faced all year. |
I thought this was clearly our best effort of the season. But I don't think I have ever been associated with a team that shot 61 percent from the floor and lost. |