Chamberlain Oguchi
Chamberlain Oguchi
Chamberlain "Champ" Emeka Oguchiis a Nigerian American professional basketball player. His name "Emeka" is an abbreviation of the Igbo name "Chukwuemeka"...
attack ball create gaps last move nba open pushing shoot shot stuff swing year zone
We have to move the ball and attack the gaps in the zone to create open shots. Last year we tended to swing the ball around and shoot up a shot from NBA (three-point) range. They were pushing us back and we weren't being aggressive. ... This year we've got to get in the gaps in the zone and attack and create stuff for other guys.
against benefits match system
There's something about how we match up with their players. We know how to play against their system and it benefits us.
decided everybody laying man paint pull saw
I thought it was going to go. I saw everybody camped out in the paint and my man was laying off me so I decided to pull up.
kept knew shooting
Shooters keep shooting. I'm not going to make every shot, but I kept shooting and I knew it was going to fall.
carry execute practice
We don't need to do anything differently. It's just that we've got to execute what we do in practice and carry it over to the game.
came civil effort poor treated
It was a a very poor effort for us. They came out and treated it like it was the Civil War. We treated it like it was just another game.
body coming good hard job rebound zone
It's hard to rebound on a zone team, they were coming hard and we didn't do a good job of getting a body on our man.
basically ended game
We basically had the game won, but we ended up losing. And that's really frustrating.
gave good knocking known open players shots team
They have some really good players on their team that are known for knocking down big shots and we just gave them too many open opportunities.
bad civil job ourselves ready war
I think we did a bad job of getting ourselves ready for the Civil War mentally.
certain early leaving looking shot
I was looking for my shot early and they were leaving me open. It's a certain way they play defense, and I wanted to get us going.
good intensity team
I think that's what some of us did, underestimated how good of a team (OSU) is and underestimated the intensity of this building.
bit game games good kept rhythm shooting together
I just got in a little bit of a rhythm and just kept shooting my shot. I just wanted to have another good game and put two good games together on the road, and I think I did that.
matter time
It was just a matter of time before I got in my rhythm.