Al Thornton
Al Thornton
Willie Alford Thorntonis an American professional basketball player who last played for the NLEX Road Warriors of the Philippine Basketball Association. He had formerly played for the Los Angeles Clippers, Washington Wizards and the Golden State Warriors. Collegiately, he played for Florida State University...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth7 December 1983
close execute experience learning
It's learning experience. Once you have all those close games, something clicks. You learn from it and you execute down the stretch.
known league monkey team
It's very important for us. We're known as a team around the league that doesn't play well on the road. We have to get that monkey off our backs.
truly
I truly feel like we have done enough to get in the tournament.
attacking instead jump pulled settled soon
We settled for a lot of jump shots. As soon as we got an opening, got a little daylight, we settled for jump shots. We pulled up instead of attacking the paint.
looking team type
We're looking to go on a run. We feel like we have the type of team that can get on a roll.
hard learn tough
To play this hard and this well and still not win, that's tough to take. We'll try to learn from this and get better.
court great kinda love rush seconds
We've got great fans, I didn't know they would rush the court with 1.7 seconds left. That was kinda crazy! But I love our fans.
credit tech virginia
You've just got to give Virginia Tech credit. They were more energized or something.
ncaa
This just does it. We're in it. We're all excited, because we feel like we're in the NCAA Tournament.
best biggest definitely game seasons
This is definitely the biggest game because I feel like this is one of the best seasons we've had.
ball happened turned
It happened so quick. We turned the ball over, they made threes on the other end, and just like that we're out of the game.
biggest build challenge definitely guys ncaa next
I think that's the biggest challenge because we definitely thought we were in the NCAA Tournament. Guys really don't want to be in the NIT, but it's something to build on for next year.
celebrate rush trying
I was just trying to celebrate with the fans. I didn't know they were going to rush the court.
attack good hard knee red
Part of it was the knee and part of it (was) they did a good job. They had their zone, which was very hard for me to attack and get in the red zone.