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...
magic number picture playing talked team
We haven't talked about the big picture or that we wanted to get to 14 (wins). There's no magic number I want to get to, I just want to try to keep our team playing better and improving.
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.
broke finally playing warrior
Travis finally broke out of it. He hasn't been playing particularly well, and Claxton was a warrior all night.
playing trying
It's about playing better. We are just trying to get them to play better.
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.
easier finally playing practice
This is very important for our confidence. We've been playing well, just not able to win, but we finally did and it should be a little easier to get them to practice on Monday.
forward looking might ohio playing task tough
We're playing with more confidence, and that might be the most important thing. We know it's going to be a tough task (against Ohio State), but we're looking forward to the challenge.
might playing
We're playing with more confidence, and that might be the most important thing.
needed pressure steals tried
We tried to get some steals from the pressure because we needed to get more possessions.
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.
call matter
We just want the call to be right, no matter what it is.
tried
We just tried to not let them be comfortable.
certain order win
We have to do certain things in order for us to win games. And if we don't do those certain things, we're not going to be able to win.
empty running straight towards
We went 15 straight weeks. We were kind of running on empty towards the end.