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...
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.
finding good job league player players
We didn't do a good job of finding him. He's a good player and there are good players in this league and sometimes they get going.
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.
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.
body force goes great handling job limit shot somebody touches tough
He's just a force inside. I don't think anybody's really done a great, great job of handling him. We've just got to make it tough for him to get the ball, try to limit his touches with the basketball. And then when the shot goes up, somebody better get a body on him.
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.
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.
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.
classes ourselves recruiting
Long-term, I think it's important for us. We started all over, and in two recruiting classes we've been able to put ourselves in postseason play.
advantage grasp grow move opportunity ready understand
I think that's the most disappointing thing to me is we had an opportunity and we didn't take advantage of our opportunity. Hopefully, we'll grow up and understand that only so many opportunities come around ... and you've got to be ready to grasp the opportunity and take it and move on.
feed guys playing
I think guys feed off of that. When he's having success, and he's playing well, I think he's even more vocal.
either energy gonna guy pop
It all comes back to the energy and the pop you have. Either you're gonna find the guy or you're not.