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...
good
I thought, defensively, we were very good this afternoon.
certain couple gonna level practice
I think you've got to get to a certain level in practice of a competitive spirit. If you never get there in practice for a couple days, then how are you gonna go play at that level?
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.
hard played
I don't think we were very crisp today. I think we played hard and we competed, I don't think we played well for 40 minutes.
complete five four game half hard last minutes ready road second turns whatever
Whatever it is -- the last five minutes of the first half, the first four minutes of the second half -- if you're not ready to play, the game turns just like that. We've got to play a complete game. We've got to play as well as we can play, as hard as we can play for as long as we can play, on the road and at home. That's just what it is.
ball coming floor mean shots side understand
We try to get them to understand where the shots are coming from. If the ball is shot on your side of the floor and you're a guard, get to the other side of the rim. Long shots are going to mean long rebounds.
forward looking might ohio playing task tough
We're playing with more confidence, and that might be the most important thing. We know it's going to be a tough task (against Ohio State), but we're looking forward to the challenge.
might playing
We're playing with more confidence, and that might be the most important thing.
nice open shooting shots
He's done some really nice things for us. Shooting the ball, making open threes ... sometimes it comes down to making shots and getting confidence.
best maybe
He's done an unbelievable job, maybe one of the best in the country.
break game hopefully minutes start
Hopefully we can start to give him a break a little bit. But Geary's got to play 30 minutes a game for us.
pulled senior seniors time
He was guarded, he pulled it, and the senior made a big shot. That's what seniors do this time of year.
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.