John Brady
John Brady
mentally needed sharp
We just didn't think he was mentally as sharp as we needed him to be.
game happened maybe practice run work
We hadn't run it in a game but maybe one time. We happened to work on it in our practice the other day.
ball bump comfort coming defense double good screens team time tried unique zone
We were going to double team him on ball screens and not let him get a comfort zone of coming off the screen with the ball. We were going to bump him every time he tried to go through the lane. The unique thing about it, you can play good defense, but when you can play good defense aggressively as we did without fouling, I think that's a key.
coming double follow screens team
We were going to double team him, follow him around the double screens that they set for him coming to the lane.
board create easy eliminate game guys jump sure telling trying watching
I'm sure Billy's telling his guys and they're watching tape, (saying) 'If you're not careful, LSU will board you and jump over you and jump over you and get easy baskets. I'm sure they're trying to eliminate those opportunities as we're trying to create more of them in that game Saturday.
ourselves rhythm seemed struggling
We never really got ourselves into a rhythm on offense. It seemed like to me we were always struggling offensively to get something accomplished.
comfort deal friction language terms understand zone
I think they have a comfort zone in terms of personalities, where they understand each other and there's no friction ever. Sometimes I think they're disagreeing with one another too much and they say, 'Coach, that's OK. We've done this for years.' I have to back off. They have their own little language how they deal with each other.
blues guitar king lee run
I think there are a lot of wannabes...but I don't think there's another Lee Atwater, ... but no one can play blues guitar with B.B. King that I know of and also run a presidential campaign...
chance hold win
I said if our perimeter could hold up, we would have a chance to win the game.
adjust ball best coming couple defensive effort game good guard handle screens team ways works
We've got to have a good team defensive effort on him. It will be about how we handle him coming off screens without the ball and how we handle him when he comes off screens with the ball. There'll be a couple of different ways that we'll try to guard him, and we'll see which one works the best as the game progresses and adjust as we go.
ball foul good inside shoot six throw time
We throw the ball inside every time down the court, and we shoot six foul shots. That's pretty good guarding to me.
against effort fly good happy hard overall played talented team
We played hard all night. I thought we did some very good things on the fly against a talented team tonight. I am happy with the overall effort that we gave.
against credit defense defensive good performance played year
We played good defense all year long and we got a lot of credit for it against Duke. We had to have another defensive performance tonight.
ball bit foul line second
We got better offensively in the second half. We rebounded the ball a little bit better the second half. We got to the foul line the second half, which is what we wanted to do the whole game.