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...
closer good needed player shots
We just needed to get closer to him. He had uncontested shots in the first half, and he's too good a player to do that.
brown chance credit good lead needed second shot shots zone
We had the lead back-and-forth in the second half, and I thought we had a chance to win. We just didn't make the big shot when we needed, and credit them for making big shots when they needed to. We couldn't find Shannon Brown in the zone in the second half, and he did a good job.
challenged couple good guard hit job jump
We challenged their shooters well, (freshman guard Bobby) Riddell hit a couple at the end, but I think we did a good job of challenging their jump shooters.
good zone
The zone has been pretty good for us. We'll try to see what we can do with it (tonight).
goals good job
We really wanted to get to the free-throw line, that was one of our goals. We thought we could take them off the dribble, especially Geary, and I thought we did a pretty good job of that.
came game good minutes ready
We came out ready to play and we got a pretty good start. The first 10 minutes of the game I thought we did a pretty good job.
basketball good model socially
Travis has been good for us academically, socially and basketball-wise. He's been a model student-athlete here.
challenged dakota days followed game good north shots state team
No disrespect, but North Dakota State went in there with a pretty good game plan, followed their game plan, challenged some shots -- they went in there and they were able to win. It's not impossible; a team just did it two days ago.
close continue defense figure good post starts
We've got to figure out a way, but obviously, post defense starts with good perimeter defense. We've just got to continue to show improvement. We're not close to where we need to be offensively or defensively.
good guards
Those two guards are very, very good for them. They make a lot of plays.
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.
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.
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.