Allan Ray
Allan Ray
Allan Rayis an American professional basketball player who currently plays for Virtus Bologna of the Lega Basket Serie A. He played college basketball for four years at Villanova University. He played one seasonwith the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association. Ray is known as an above average, but streaky, three-point shooter, who is skilled at creating his own shot. At 6'3" and 205 pounds, he is an average-sized guard...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth17 June 1984
CountryUnited States of America
Monmouth is a great defensive team or they wouldn't be here. This is the NCAA Tournament and there are a lot of great teams here. We kept our composure. We knew there were times when we weren't going to be able to score, but that's when we relied on our defense to keep us in the game.
We knew about Monmouth, we knew they were a very good team. We definitely didn't underestimate them.
We knew we never should have been in that position last year anyway for the game to be decided on that call.
We didn't sit back and start thinking we were going to lose. We talked in the huddle, and everybody said that we just had to stay calm and not panic. We knew they would make a run. Once you panic, bad things happen.
Definitely, we all talked about it. We knew how they came in here and beat us pretty heavily last year. We didn't want to let that happen again, so we just came out with a great mindset, great intensity and really focused on our game plan.
Once my vision came back and was clear and not blurry anymore, I knew I could come out and play.
We feel we played well, especially defensively. We felt we played a great game.
We feel we played a great game. Not many teams can shoot 31 percent and win the game.
We hit a lot of shots early and once you hit shots early, you get a lot of confidence as a team.
I've practiced two times already and the practices were great. My vision is back 100 percent, and I'm ready to get back out there and just play.
It was tough coming down those steps for the last time.
Being a No. 1 seed is cool. And knowing you?re in the tournament sure beats not knowing.
Sometimes, you have to take the good with the bad. As long as the good outweighs the bad, then you're all right.
Every shot was contested, you know? There were very few open looks. Florida did a great job of contesting our shots and made sure that we took tough shots.