Dave Rose
Dave Rose
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.
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.
earned felt good guys hard played
That felt good and it is long overdue. Our guys earned it. They played hard and tough.
guys
Right now our guys are making big plays. Things are going our way.
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.
competition good guys help last night personnel players plus realize step strength three weeks
What has been a strength the last two or three weeks with this team. We have personnel step in and help guys when they're not having a good a night as they wanted. We have 10 or 11 players help us. In practice, there is so much competition that guys realize that if they don't play the way they are capable, there is a guy there to do it and that is a plus for this team.
beat conference confidence guys team themselves
We have now beat every team in the conference and it is all about confidence. Our guys have confidence in themselves and confidence in each other.
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.
austin came challenged coaching consistent guys hard jimmy order others people road rough tendency tonight
I told our guys I wanted them to do two things: play hard and be tough. We've had a tendency to let people get after us on the road but tonight we answered. As a coaching staff, we challenged Jimmy to play hard and he responded. I thought Austin Ainge also came in and got us going after we got off to a rough start. In order for us to be successful, we need Jimmy and others to be consistent like he was tonight.
guys kept seen telling wild
I've seen wild things happen. I kept telling the guys that.
athletic basket both guys hottest league playing plays team
They're a very athletic team. They have two guys playing well in the post, which allows them to make plays at the basket both offensively and defensively. They're probably the hottest team in the league right now. They'll give us a fight.
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.