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...
expect great half players second understand
The players understand they didn't play a great second half. It's not the way we have to play in the Big Ten. You can't play one half and expect to win.
building hard illinois indiana lead monday talked team tried understand win work
I talked to the team about building on the Indiana win. We didn't do that (after) the Illinois win. I tried to get them to under one win can lead to another win, and we'll work hard Monday to understand that this win could lead to another win.
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.
ball coming floor mean shots side understand
We try to get them to understand where the shots are coming from. If the ball is shot on your side of the floor and you're a guard, get to the other side of the rim. Long shots are going to mean long rebounds.
blocked given hard intensity shots starting understand
He's starting to understand how hard he has to play and the intensity level. He's making shots, which has given him some confidence, and he's blocked some shots as well.
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.
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.
against critical difference free lewis needed ron shots throws
We got our opportunities but we didn't make some critical shots and some critical free throws when we needed to. Ron Lewis made some big shots against us and that was the difference in the game.
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.