Greg Paulus
Greg Paulus
Gregory Russell Paulusis an assistant coach for the Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team. Paulus is a former multi-sport athlete, playing college basketball as a point guard on the Duke University men's team and later football at Syracuse University as a quarterback after graduating from Duke...
matter
You've got to win, or else you're going home. That's the No. 1 objective, and we got it. It doesn't matter if it's pretty or ugly, as long as you're surviving. That's what we need to be doing.
basketball giving guard means obstacle point
Basketball has always been my first love. Second, I want to be the point guard at Duke. I don't want any obstacle to get in my way of that, even if that means giving up football.
crowds great lee natural sure telling
Lee is a natural leader. He's been great to me, just telling me crowds are going to say this, or they're going to try to do this. He just makes sure you're doing your thing.
gets needs playing tougher
As you keep going along, it gets tougher and tougher. We just need to keep playing defense. That's the thing that needs to be constant.
both duke group helped miss obviously opportunity sad school seniors special tradition win
It is very sad now. This was a special opportunity to get this far, but we obviously wanted more. The seniors were a special group both on and off the court. We will miss being around those seniors. We wanted to win for them. They helped the Duke tradition and made the school feel proud.
brings closer finish game hit plays stops together
It makes us finish a game down the stretch. J.J. hit a big shot, we had to get (defensive) stops together and that brings us closer together. We had to make game-winning plays and that's what happened.
couple help needed tried
It was different the first couple of possessions not to have the two of them. ... We needed to be more aggressive, but we also needed to help each other out, and that's what we tried to do.
case couple equal everybody opportunity situation time
It was different the first couple of possessions not having the two of them. Most of the time when we practice, we try to get everybody equal opportunity in case a situation like this arises.
couple organized settled
It was different on the first couple of possessions not having the two of them, but I think once we settled down, we organized on offense.
came good great guys hit open run shots stuff tough tried
It's nice, but we came into get a win, and that's what we got. All that other stuff is minor. Guys made me look good tonight. They got in open spaces, they hit some tough shots and made some great plays, and I just tried to run the offense.
best defensive player
He's the best defensive player in the country.
felt good preparing
We've been preparing for this all year. I felt comfortable, and I thought we were good from the get-go.
against careful guards score
When you don't score against that zone, you've really got to be careful because once they get the ball, then their guards can go coast-to-coast against you.
good stopped
Up five, I thought we were in good shape, but then we stopped making shots.