Dave Rose
Dave Rose
environment good
Luckily, the weather's not too good with the snow. So it's a good environment for basketball.
guys nine number points scoring
I felt, if we were going to be successful, it was important to have a number of guys scoring between nine and 14 points a game.
diego guys san
We weren't very good. A lot of that has to do with San Diego State. You have to give those guys a lot of credit.
against came confidence guys hard playing shots stop team
You have to make perimeter shots against this team because of their size, it's just hard to get to the basket. You can't stop going to the basket. They are a team playing with a lot of confidence right now and. our guys came out really focused.
confident game good national played playing team tournament winning
When you get into a national tournament at the end of the season, you know you're playing good teams. This is a team that is used to winning and it showed tonight. They're very confident and very good at how they play. They played the game played at their pace.
ball best game helped lost played season turning
When we lost to them down there, they played what may be the best game of the season for them. We kind of helped by turning the ball over and never really got into our offense.
absolutely best effort far gave guys hard needed played point worked
I told them we'd come too far and worked too hard not to absolutely give our best effort out there and we needed everything we could for the remainder of the game. I don't think our guys ever did not play hard at any point in this game. We made mistakes, but they played hard and gave everything they had.
ball break good guys large push
For a large part of the game, guys were able to push the ball on the break and get a good look. That's kind of how we like to play.
best build
It's something we can build on, even if it wasn't our best game.
matter ready trying worrying
It's just a matter of worrying about yourselves, getting ready and trying to play hard.
austin guys proud seen style
It was a style Austin hadn't seen before. He got used to it later, but all our guys battled, and I'm proud of them.
ball college confidence good obviously shoot team teams
They are obviously a really good team and especially in The Pit. They play with more confidence at home. They shoot the ball better at home. And probably like most teams in college basketball, they have a lot of confidence from their crowd.
bleak looked
It looked pretty bleak there for a minute.
supportive
It's a very tight-knit group, and they're all supportive of each other.