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...
basketball guys mixed played ready score ten
We're not ready at all. We're just not. I told those guys that defensively we're not ready. Offensively, I think we'll be able to score some points. Defensively, we're not ready for Big Ten basketball yet. In fairness, we haven't mixed things up and we've just played man-to-man defense.
chance competing continue good win
We've come a long, long way from really not competing to competing and having a chance to win games. Hopefully, good things will continue for us on the horizon.
experience good guys rhythm shape shot stepped three
We were in pretty good shape at that point. But they got in a rhythm and have the experience over us. Three of those guys are fifth-year seniors. We are not that. They've got some experienced guys who stepped up and made some big plays. They just shot over us and made some big baskets.
court front
You can look at our front court all you want, but our back court didn't score.
needed pick wins
We've had some wins to kind of pick us up when we needed it.
hanging kept
We were very resilient. We just kept hanging in there and hanging in there.
brown chance hard hit lead needed second shot
We competed hard and had a chance to win. We had the lead and couldn't hit a shot when we needed it. And we couldn't find Shannon Brown in the second half.
built foundation positive sides
There are a lot of positive things you can look at. We've built a foundation and now have put the sides up. We just have to keep moving.
cover crazy game gotta number
Two of them are in the game at all times. We gotta cover those two guys, but it's not like it's a crazy number of threes they're making.
critical good happen needed run shots
For 35 minutes, we were in good shape. We made a very good run at this thing, but it just didn't happen for us. ... We had our opportunities but didn't make some critical shots when we needed to.
days next trying
The next 6-7 days are about us trying to show improvement.
point time
It was a big play at that point and time in the game.
fell halves led tale
It was kind of a tale of two halves for us. After halftime, one thing led to another, and it fell apart.
coaches confidence guys jump players situation wave
It's not a situation where we don't want to play guys -- guys have to give me confidence in them to put them in the game. I'm not a guy that can jump in there, wave a wand and say, 'OK, I give you confidence.' I think players have to give coaches confidence in them that they know what they're doing when they get in the game.