Larry:
Feel kinda fortunate we're up here talking about playing tomorrow. Jeff had his team really well prepared, we pride ourselves in guarding, we tried to guard as hard as we could, they got off to such a good start I think last year we would have packed it in. We handle adversity much better and I truly believe that's why we're moving on.
Markus played great, we all understand what a great player he is. All our guys played well, they just played great. We had a huge advantage inside.
I saw Austin Nichols (of Memphis) with a boot on and I felt terrible. Josh (Pastner) has done a great job of keeping that group together. They've gone with smaller wings and they're doing a terrific job.
Temple, I heard his comment about Coach of Year and being so humble about it. When you take a team that won nine games last year and beat Kansas and played at such a high level, tells you about what kind of coach he is and what kind of team they have.
Nic is Player of the Year, that's what they're supposed to do. I look around and see Boatright, Cummings, Hamilton, Shaq, Austin, league is full of quality players and this is time of year they need to step up. It's hard for him to score against a set defense designed to stop him. Made a couple of hustle plays that were significant.
We got hurt on dribble penetration and kick outs and in transition where gambled and they found shooters. Their senior point guard really controlled the pace of the game. Sometimes making shots gets contagious.
We haven't been in this position where we're expected to win, puts a bit of a burden on you, afraid to lose. They would have beaten a lot of teams today.
We've had trouble guarding the three in Hartford, came here a week ago and guys who hadn't hit a three in the month made the rim look like bathtubs. A lot of our guards are reluctant to take a shot from deep, Ben Emelogu, Sterling and Ryan never looked to take a shot. I need to do a better job of that.
Ryan:
At the end of the game we had to get stops, they 15-35 from three point line, we faced adversity and got through.
They came out making shots, had nothing to lose, we stuck with it and got the win.
Feel kinda fortunate we're up here talking about playing tomorrow. Jeff had his team really well prepared, we pride ourselves in guarding, we tried to guard as hard as we could, they got off to such a good start I think last year we would have packed it in. We handle adversity much better and I truly believe that's why we're moving on.
Markus played great, we all understand what a great player he is. All our guys played well, they just played great. We had a huge advantage inside.
I saw Austin Nichols (of Memphis) with a boot on and I felt terrible. Josh (Pastner) has done a great job of keeping that group together. They've gone with smaller wings and they're doing a terrific job.
Temple, I heard his comment about Coach of Year and being so humble about it. When you take a team that won nine games last year and beat Kansas and played at such a high level, tells you about what kind of coach he is and what kind of team they have.
Nic is Player of the Year, that's what they're supposed to do. I look around and see Boatright, Cummings, Hamilton, Shaq, Austin, league is full of quality players and this is time of year they need to step up. It's hard for him to score against a set defense designed to stop him. Made a couple of hustle plays that were significant.
We got hurt on dribble penetration and kick outs and in transition where gambled and they found shooters. Their senior point guard really controlled the pace of the game. Sometimes making shots gets contagious.
We haven't been in this position where we're expected to win, puts a bit of a burden on you, afraid to lose. They would have beaten a lot of teams today.
We've had trouble guarding the three in Hartford, came here a week ago and guys who hadn't hit a three in the month made the rim look like bathtubs. A lot of our guards are reluctant to take a shot from deep, Ben Emelogu, Sterling and Ryan never looked to take a shot. I need to do a better job of that.
Ryan:
At the end of the game we had to get stops, they 15-35 from three point line, we faced adversity and got through.
They came out making shots, had nothing to lose, we stuck with it and got the win.
