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...
athletic ball basketball quick run scores shots tough trying
We were trying to run at him and make him get the ball to someone else to make some shots but he's very good. He scores the basketball when he has the ball in his hands, and he's very quick and he's very athletic and it's tough to keep the ball out of his hands.
ball crazy four minutes run score
We're up two, come out, run a play, score a basket, we're up four with the ball with 18 minutes to go. And then offensively, we just go crazy and not score.
ball execute run secrets turn
We'll go back at it and run our stuff. I don't think there's any secrets. We've just got to execute a little better, and we just can't turn the ball over.
ball beat credit obviously seen shoot shot start team
Well, obviously they just beat us from start to finish. I'll give credit to them ... I've never seen a team really shoot the ball the way they shot the ball and it wasn't just one guy. It was everybody.
against ball beaten guys hard post work zone
It's hard to get post guys the ball against the zone sometimes. For us, that's all we've been playing. We try to work on it pretty hard. Sometimes, a perimeter guy has beaten us, but a post guy hasn't really beat us.
ball beat great performance seen shooting shot start team
They beat us from start to finish. It was a great performance shooting the basketball. I've never seen a team shoot the ball they way they shot it. It just wasn't one guy, it was everybody.
ball blocking continue offensive work
We're not a big team. We have to continue to work on blocking out and offensive rebounding the ball -- getting after it.
ball cylinders half played shot wisconsin
I thought Wisconsin was on all cylinders in the first half and really shot the ball well and played well.
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.
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.
beat came gonna hard win work
When we came to town, it wasn't a (guaranteed) win anymore. You're gonna have to work hard and play well to beat us.
chemistry couple enjoy last playing team
Our team chemistry is pretty good. They really like each other and enjoy playing with one another ... which we really haven't had the last couple of years.
freshmen guys
Our freshmen will be stronger, tougher, better, our sophomores will become juniors. We'll have some guys who have been through the wars.
chance except four gave players pressure side three
Really, the pressure was on Illinois. No one gave us a chance to win, except for the 12 players on our side and three or four coaches. They had 16,000 on their side.