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...
bit legs ready recover saturday sunday work
We'll use it to our advantage. We'll work out a little bit (today) and Friday, take off Saturday and Sunday to get our legs back and recover and get ready for the tournament.
ball blocking continue offensive work
We're not a big team. We have to continue to work on blocking out and offensive rebounding the ball -- getting after it.
against ball beaten guys hard post work zone
It's hard to get post guys the ball against the zone sometimes. For us, that's all we've been playing. We try to work on it pretty hard. Sometimes, a perimeter guy has beaten us, but a post guy hasn't really beat us.
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.
kids pop sharp worked
I thought we were decently sharp today. I think the kids had a little energy, a little pop to their step, and it worked out well.
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.
fruits happy hopefully opportunity players worked
I really wanted our players to have an opportunity to play again. I'm happy for our kids, happy for our coaches, who worked really hard, and hopefully we'll see the fruits of our labor.
feeling good happy hard past week worked
I'm happy for these kids. They've really worked hard this past week and it was important for us to get the good feeling back.
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.