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...
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.
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.
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.
caught middle
We got caught in the middle some and they made us pay.
challenged change earlier needed
We couldn't play them the same way we did the first two times. It just wouldn't work. We needed something to change that, and we challenged Vince earlier in the week.
against lacking struggling team tough
That was a top-10 team against a team struggling and lacking confidence. This is a tough place to come in and have confidence.
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.
against confidence quality road team took win
When you have as many opportunities to win on the road against a quality team as we did and don't come out with it, that took its toll. Physically, but more importantly, emotionally. We have to get our confidence back.
prove
We think we're better, but we have to go out and prove it here.
confident good physical playing white
We're not playing good enough, and we're not confident enough right now. Purdue was tougher. We would get one shot, and Purdue got the rebound. Kiefer, White and Ware were more physical than our guys.
age believe checks posted
You have to believe in your bosses, especially in this day and age where there is so much out there that can be posted without checks and balances.
playing team
We're a different team when he's playing like that.
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.