They had a good game plan of grabbing and holding and keeping Steve from getting open looks. The credit goes to them. They played a great game. |
They're such good shooters, so confident, that it's just a matter of time before they make plays. But for the most part, they had to earn what they got, as did we. |
They're unbelievably battle-tested. You're not only going to have to play to the final minute against Notre Dame, you're going to have to play to the final second. Notre Dame's got the second most efficient offense in college basketball, right behind Duke, averaging 119 points on every 100 possessions. |
They've always been basketball-branded programs. Any time they matched up it was a huge deal. And now we're going to have that again. |
They've been doing it since the spring, |
They've learned that the game comes down to three or four possessions on offense, three or four possessions on defense. We're trying to teach our team all the time that momentum comes down to execution, that we build our breaks by the way we execute. |
This is a great example of what happens when you spend extra time in the gym. He's in the gym before practice and for a long time after practice. I know he's been coming in at night and it was just a matter of him getting one or two to go down in a row. |
This is an unbelievable conference win. |
This is an unbelievable conference win. We just beat a premiere college basketball program in our first game in a new conference, and that is just a special thing. |
This ranks as one of the best wins this season. The more meaningful games we win in February will hopefully help us play more meaningful games in March. |
This was a big deal to him. I think his focus today was Colin Falls, and he did a great job in defending him. |
This was a great college basketball game with two teams who have a lot of respect for each other. |
This was a new experience at the Big East Tournament. Hopefully we'll learn what it takes to play in something like this. |
This was an unbelievable conference win. This is a special night in the program's history. We beat a premier program in our first game in the Big East. |
To start us out with one of the most storied college basketball programs of the last 15 years, I guess that?s good. My players would see right through me if I told them it was just another game. |