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...
crunch far gotta team
It's crunch time, you've gotta find a way to make that play. We have not been the kind of team so far -- so far -- that can find a way to make that play.
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.
believe coach finally freshmen guys hard left loaded starting terms trying win
It was hard the first two years trying to get guys to believe we could win. Guys left who didn't believe we could win or didn't want to win. We're a very young team. We're loaded with freshmen and sophomores in terms of numbers, but I think we're finally starting to coach and put some things together.
continue hope kids opportunity
I'm not done playing. I know our kids aren't. I just hope we get an opportunity to continue to play.
highlight telling
I keep telling them that our highlight is yet to come.
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.
foul given good kept kids level limited stuff trouble
It's been good for us, kept us out of foul trouble, limited some other people's stuff with what they've been able to do in the post. It's given our kids a level of confidence.
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.
defensive guys offense problems
It was just a struggle. Our problems on offense transferred to the defensive end and our guys got pretty frustrated.
along blew open second sports
They blew the thing open in the first half, and just kind of cruised along in the second half.
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.