Dan Monson
Dan Monson
Daniel Lloyd Monsonis an American college basketball coach, the head coach at Long Beach State since April 2007. Previously he was head coach at Minnesota for over seven seasonsreaching postseason play five times. Before coaching the Gophers, he was the head coach at Gonzaga for two seasons, the last of which leading the Zags on an improbable run to the Elite Eight...
difficult five league percent shots
We have to get some shots to go in. We haven't shot 40 percent yet in five league games. That's pretty difficult to weather.
build change create february hoping january last march mean month obviously paths skewed
They've had different paths to travel. As they try to create a legacy, I'm hoping they can build off this last month... . Obviously the month of January kind of skewed some things. But that doesn't mean the end of February and March can't change all that.
brought build create hoping last month paths travel year
They've had different paths to travel and it's been a little different; every year is different. But as they try to create a legacy, I'm hoping that they can build off of this last month of what they've brought to this program.
advantage against few great team
Against a team as great as they are, you have few opportunities to take control. We didn't take advantage of the opportunities we had.
I had that thing memorized when I was at Gonzaga.
believing came minnesota ourselves row success team winning won
We scheduled success in 2004-05. We came out of that believing in ourselves after winning 10 in a row in the non-conference. Any Minnesota team should have won those 10 games, but it didn't come easily.
area bottom certain control dig games gave line ourselves road taking three win
We had to go on the road and dig some games out. In certain areas, we gave ourselves an opportunity. But the bottom line is the area that we said we had to control to win we didn't. That was taking away the three from them.
good happen waiting
You're waiting for something good to happen to get going, but it's a catch-22. You've got to do something to get yourself going.
environment
This is an environment where you have to come in and be focused.
build five four guys hurting wins
It was a one-play game, four or five different times, and we just didn't get it done. We just need to get some wins to build some confidence. Our guys are just really hurting right now.
knew last score type ways win
Last year's team, you didn't know if we were going to win or lose, but you knew we were going to fight. We have some different ways to score now, but do we have the same type of personality?
came defensive offensive
We need to play a little better, especially on the defensive end. They came in and got into an offensive rhythm.
stayed
They really stayed together, which you have to do on the road.
prove
We think we're better, but we have to go out and prove it here.