John Brady
John Brady
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We knew early on that Duke was going to try and pressure us, do what they do best and get in lanes. Our team was able to fight through that, and we scored some easy baskets on them. We did a nice job in the first five or seven minutes, and after that, they knew they would be in a contest.
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The big X factor is the weather. I would expect to see a slightly lower day if it continues to be pressured by the gas market.
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That effort was not something you coach, but it's something you recruit. He allows us to put more pressure on the ball and let him roam and protect the basket.
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We tried to send people stunting and tried to man up on him, but Ben had great feet.
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We tried to score a little too quick against their zone. We got the ball where we wanted, but we tried to score without getting the ball reversed.
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We were playing man and couldn't really stop them.
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We might just have to play Tyrus in short stretches. As opposed to playing him 12 or 14 minutes straight, maybe he can just go five and we'll take him out, let him rest and put him back in. The more he plays, the better he'll feel and the more comfortable he'll feel. We'll make more of a determination of that as the week goes on.
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We're usually 69, 70 percent at the line. If you're not making field goals, the next thing you try to do is try and make it up at the foul line. We had 28 free throws, but we couldn't make those, either. It was that kind of night for us.
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We scored nine points and had 10 turnovers in the first half against a zone! When I tell the team to be patient I don't mean make 40 passes, just four. Every time we worked the ball around, we got it inside.
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I've tried to eliminate that from my thought process. But I got it. Trust me. I got it from so many people. I got it. I know it was disappointing to us as coaches and to our players and extremely disappointing to our fans.
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I've said all along that if our perimeter holds up, we're a pretty good team. So far our perimeter hasn't shot the ball as well as maybe we would have liked, but I think we've made some timely shots in critical moments of games that have helped our team.
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I've never had a player have an injury like that. Usually it's a matter of tightening up a shoe and gutting it out. We lost Kevin for seven games and he's still not 100 percent.
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The whole key to our outfit is Darrel Mitchell. I call him the 'Silent Assassin,' because he never says a word and he'll really get you.
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Florida will have a few more weapons to score the ball than we do. Florida can shoot the ball a little bit better. They can spread them out a little more.