Herb Sendek
Herb Sendek
Herbert Joseph Sendekis an American college basketball coach and the current men's basketball coach at Santa Clara...
basketball coming excellent fact guys ready respect second talked took utmost
We had the utmost respect for them coming in. We talked about the fact that we had to come ready and play excellent basketball tonight. I don't think for even one-half a second our guys took UNCG lightly, not even for one-half second.
both bouncing came extra foul good guys himself hurt job pick shell teams together trouble trying
We did a good job bouncing back and our guys came together and they battled. I think foul trouble really hurt both teams and especially us with Cedric Simmons in foul trouble. (Simmons) was really only a shell of himself trying not to pick up extra fouls.
determination extremely guys proud step tremendous
I was extremely proud of their grit, of their determination ... really showed tremendous resolve. At the end of day, we had guys step up and make plays.
allowed composure confidence easy great guys line poise
We just went to the line with great poise and composure and it allowed us to keep scoring. We have great confidence in our guys when they go to the stripe. It's not easy to do all the time. It's different in OT and on the road.
coming deciding early good guys job process roles together
I still think we're in the process of deciding our roles. When you go through the season, those roles change. I think our guys have done a good job of coming together early in the season.
continues game good guys job night plan
Cedric just continues to get better every night out. Duke's game plan defensively made it very important for us to go in to him. Our guys did a good job of doing that and he responded with another really good game for us.
fine good guys job led opportunity presents scoring stops talk tonight transition
We always talk about (scoring in transition). We're fine scoring in transition if the opportunity presents itself. Sometimes it doesn't. Tonight our guys did a good job of getting some stops that led to some transition opportunities for us.
experience feed good guys played three together wealth
Those three guys have a wealth of experience and have played together a long time. As good as they are individually, they feed off each other very well.
experience great guys matter talented
Experience always has great value, no matter how talented the guys are,
games guys lost takes won
Everyone of those games that we've won we could have lost ... we've just had guys make plays. Our guys are doing what it takes right now.
attacking based guys measure number points team value
It's a team game. Those guys didn't take a lot of shots. We were attacking what we thought was there. We don't measure value based on the number of points a guy gets.
came far guys second short
We were just too far down down to get off the mat. Our guys battled in the second half, and we just came up short in every way tonight.
against assignment bit challenge defensive faced five good guys job last motion offense perhaps run second type week
They run a motion offense with five 3-point shooters on the floor, and they do a good job of spacing and screening. It will really challenge our guys to get down and guard, and perhaps have to do so for 35 second possessions. A really different type of defensive assignment than what we faced last week against Alabama, which was inside-oriented and spaced a little bit tighter.
guys identify points special win
At different points in the game, you can point to different guys and identify special things they had to do if we were going to win the game.