Jim Roffler
Jim Roffler
either games good knocking ncaa ninth seeds time top tough tournament watch
First games in tournaments are tough. If you watch the tournament championships in all of the NCAA leagues, you'll see ninth seeds knocking off top seeds. This is a tough time of the year, and everyone is either pretty good or has got a lot better.
against fourth good held holding job score season shore somebody time win
I think that's the fourth time this season we've held somebody under 60 points. Defensively, we did a good job holding them down. Offensively, we can score enough to win against anybody, but we have to shore up our rebounding.
call gave guys points question spirit team time wake work
At halftime, I gave the team a little wake up call like I haven't all season. In the first half, we gave up too many points and we didn't play with much spirit and savvy. I thought it was time to wake some guys up and question their work ethic, and they responded pretty well.
best focused good guys time
This is a big time for us. I'm doing my best to get these guys ready, but we need to get focused when we get to Kennewick and have some good practices.
commitment court decided earliest insight josh kids mess program spend success time verbal waiting
This is the earliest verbal commitment we've received. A lot of kids don't have the insight as to what they want to do, and they spend a lot of time waiting on things. Josh didn't want to mess around waiting for offers, and he decided to come into a program where he can have success on the court and in the classroom.
emotion focus game good offensive team
We have to come out and focus on team defense. We need to play with a lot of emotion and intensity. We're a good offensive team with good balance, but we need to have our 'A' game defensively.
answered best coming focused game guys half knew talked tough
We knew it was going to be a really tough game. It's always a tough game coming up here. Especially this year. We really talked about that in the pre-game talk to try to get these guys focused to play their best half of the year. I think we answered the bell.
campbell played second
E.J. got us going with that three-ball. We played a lot better in the second half. And Campbell played well, too.
backside ball close exploit focus guys help inside letting lost ready stay whether
When we lost any focus at all, they made us pay. They were ready to exploit our breakdowns, whether it was inside by letting their guys get the ball where they wanted, or when we didn't get backside help and stay close off their screens.
against calls foul guys lose noted stretch tough
We had some tough foul calls against us down the stretch that hurt. We didn't lose our composure, and some of the guys who have been noted for that showed a lot of maturity.
against good held second together
We've put together some good second halves. Against Highline (on Saturday), we held them to 29 second-half points.
grabbed half hang job late offensive poor rebounds second
We did a poor job rebounding. They (the Titans) grabbed 14 offensive rebounds in the second half that enabled them to hang in there and get a late lead.
closing foul minutes played second until
We could've gambled and played Germain more in the first half, but we were right in there until the closing minutes without him. He was fatigued, and I didn't want to have him get another foul and then play tentatively in the second half.
earlier found hit stopped
If we could've stopped a little earlier on the break, found our shooters and hit the shots, we could've been right in the game.