Jim Bolla
Jim Bolla
James Daniel "Jim" Bolla, Jr.is an American basketball coach who was most recently the head women's basketball coach at the University of Hawaiʻi...
bunch came chance deal desire five games last pull six together tonight win
We've been down before at the half, so it wasn't a big deal to us. Five of our last six games we've had a chance to win and didn't have the desire to pull it out. We were a bunch of individuals, but tonight we came together and were able to pull out a win.
actions came hopefully issue move players ready resolved responsibility taken team
I'm disappointed that it came to this kind of situation. We have addressed the issue and resolved it. The players have taken responsibility for their actions and hopefully the team will be ready to move forward.
again came ended front good higher last opportunity repeated seed year
It's a new season. We've got a good opportunity in front of us. But we came last year as a higher seed and we ended up getting beat. We don't want to have that be repeated again so we have to get back on track.
adjust came conference continuity game hard played second team
They were a completely different team than when they came to see us. It's hard to adjust because we played them in the second conference game and then in the last. We couldn't get any continuity with how much better they were.
finished game past
We finished the game. We hadn't finished the game the past four.
absolutely felt hate
You hate to do this as a coach. But I felt it was absolutely necessary.
ball felt shoot
We felt they didn't shoot the ball well from the outside.
free point rebounds second
We got outplayed again. They killed us on the boards. At one point during the second half, they had 20 more rebounds than us. We couldn't even block-out on a free throw.
everybody good loss series work
Everybody is 0-0 going into this tournament. It's a one-game series now. This loss is not the end of the world. We did some things OK. We have some things that we need to work on, but that was a very good team. They are deservingly the WAC champions.
good news
The good news is, someone is going to win.
decent forward looking road seem though tough
We seem to play pretty decent on the road, so even though it's going to be a tough road swing, we're looking forward to it.
advantage both inside people physical size start
We need to start getting more physical with people. In both games, we had a significant size advantage on them, and our inside people couldn't take advantage of that.
chance executing hard offense players trying understand win
We are still trying to get the players to understand that they are not executing our offense the way we want. Because we still have a chance to win at the end, it is hard for them to understand this, but we are not there yet.
four situation stay zone
We've had that zone in for only four days. We wanted to stay in the zone and not get into a one-on-one situation with them.