Ed DeChellis
Ed DeChellis
Edward Richard DeChellisis an American college basketball coach and current head men's basketball coach at the United States Naval Academy. Previously he was the head coach at Penn State from 2003-2011 and at East Tennessee State from 1996-2003. At Penn State, DeChellis led the Nittany Lions to an NIT Title in 2009 and a NCAA Tournament berth in 2011. DeChellis' years at East Tennessee State yielded three conference division titles and one NCAA Tournament berth. He was named the head...
ball bit easy felt finally five game guarded last minutes pushed
I felt comfortable the whole way. I felt like we finally pushed the ball the last five minutes of the game and got some easy baskets and guarded them a little bit better.
advantage believe couple excited felt good guys improved job opportunity realized several taking throughout year
Guys were excited to get back to work. We thought we improved as a program, but no one is satisfied, believe me. Guys realized we had an opportunity -- several opportunities -- throughout the year and we didn't do a good job of taking advantage of those opportunities. We felt like we should have had a couple more wins.
heading looking numbers shows
Just looking at the numbers shows we're heading in the right direction.
guy inside obviously rugged tough
He's obviously a very rugged and tough inside guy who can score.
fruits happy hopefully opportunity players worked
I really wanted our players to have an opportunity to play again. I'm happy for our kids, happy for our coaches, who worked really hard, and hopefully we'll see the fruits of our labor.
beat illinois saturday wednesday
Illinois didn't beat us Saturday night. I don't want Illinois to beat us Wednesday night.
bad couple felt kept thinking
I never really felt bad for some reason. I kept thinking we were only a couple of baskets away from making this thing interesting.
chance earlier iowa open score today walking
I'm walking in here earlier today and you tell me that Iowa is going to score 65 points, I think we have a chance to win. I thought we had some open shots, but we just couldn't make anything.
feeling good happy hard past week worked
I'm happy for these kids. They've really worked hard this past week and it was important for us to get the good feeling back.
aware care shots somebody
He's somebody we've got to be aware of and guard. I don't care how many shots he's made recently.
blocked given hard intensity shots starting understand
He's starting to understand how hard he has to play and the intensity level. He's making shots, which has given him some confidence, and he's blocked some shots as well.
He's such a competitive kid. He just doesn't want to come out.
body force goes great handling job limit shot somebody touches tough
He's just a force inside. I don't think anybody's really done a great, great job of handling him. We've just got to make it tough for him to get the ball, try to limit his touches with the basketball. And then when the shot goes up, somebody better get a body on him.
athletic guys notice until watch
He's one of those guys that you don't really notice until you watch them. He's 6-foot-5 and as athletic as they come.