Dave Rose
Dave Rose
bit five minutes needed seemed six target tried win
In the first five or six minutes of the game, we were right on target with what we needed to do to win this game. Tonight, it seemed like everything we tried to do, they did just a little bit better than us.
against bit cause guard guys havoc post prevent stops team triggers
How we guard the post against TCU will be a key. We always try to cause havoc defensively to make guys a little bit uncomfortable and prevent them from getting into rhythm. It's important for our team to get stops defensively because that's what triggers us offensively.
best build
It's something we can build on, even if it wasn't our best game.
bad chance educated playing
I'm not really educated on that. You just feel bad that we aren't playing anymore. The more you win, the better chance you have. But in this situation, we don't get to play tomorrow.
care opportunity optimistic
I'm optimistic about this year's team. I think we have an opportunity to be good, but there's a lot of things we have to take care of.
glad
I'm just glad he didn't get to 30 points.
bleak looked
It looked pretty bleak there for a minute.
both confidence experience freshman good heath league pack score scoring since
Slaughter and Heath pack a pretty good 1-2 punch. They've both got experience in this league and have been scoring for a long time. They've both started since their freshman year, and have the confidence to score at this level.
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.
defensive hard help involved move moving offense playing sitting trying worked
We're trying to get him more involved in the offense and get him moving better. He's so much better on the move than he is just sitting down there in the post. We also worked hard on some defensive assignments and playing help defense.
athletic ball both except player plays shoots
Except (Smith) probably shoots the ball even better. He's a very long, athletic player who can make plays both offensively and defensively.
game guys hard hopefully last settled
Being the last game of the night, the guys will be really anxious. Hopefully for us, everyone will come out and play hard and with a lot of energy, and we'll get settled in early.
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.