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...
mix people played team ten
We've got some things we haven't done in games. We haven't really played much zone. I think in the Big Ten we're going to have to mix our defenses up and try to keep people off balance. I don't think we're a team that can go out and play man-to-man for 40 minutes.
couple hard home impressed played record
I'm impressed with how hard they play. They're better than their record shows; they've only played a couple home games.
coming played realized
Travis has realized that this thing is coming to an end. He's played tremendously, him and Geary both.
athletic high inside played saw
When I saw him play in high school, he was a real athletic guy, he really played more inside than outside.
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.
game guys league played ready road younger
Thursday's going to be first game on the road in the Big Ten. We've got some guys that have played in the league and we've got to get the younger guys ready to go. We've got to get better.
against breakout dangerous game hoping pieces played seen struggled
There a very dangerous team, they've got all the pieces there. They've kind of struggled here lately. You're kind of hoping the breakout game isn't against you. We've seen what they've done when they really played well.
basketball guys mixed played ready score ten
We're not ready at all. We're just not. I told those guys that defensively we're not ready. Offensively, I think we'll be able to score some points. Defensively, we're not ready for Big Ten basketball yet. In fairness, we haven't mixed things up and we've just played man-to-man defense.
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.
couple last played seniors
We played well enough to win, but in the last couple of minutes, we didn't execute. Strickland made some big shots. ... He was guarded, but that's what seniors do.
confidence days eight forward good kids looking played three
I thought defensively, we were very, very good this afternoon. We've been off for eight days, but I thought our kids played with a lot of confidence tonight. We've had three very good days of practice, and they were looking forward to the tournament.
came energy played talking
I thought we came out and played with energy and enthusiasm. Once we got on the plane, it was over. As a staff, we started talking about Iowa.
kids played
I think we've come a long way. I think we've really improved. I think the kids played pretty well down the stretch.
couple emotion energy game kids needs played
Our kids had some fun. They played with some energy and some emotion and got a couple dunks. That's the way the game needs to be played.