Julian Wright
Julian Wright
Julian Emil-Jamaal Wrightis an American professional basketball player for Trabzonspor of the Turkish Basketball Super League. He played collegiately for the University of Kansas...
calmed coach college cost easily experience halftime hungry learning mental playing replace second talked took
Coach talked to us at halftime about when you think about it, one play in a big game, one mental mistake, can cost us. So many of us are so hungry for playing time, we know that coach can easily replace us if we make that mental mistake. I just took it as another learning experience in college basketball. And in the second half, I calmed down. I'm learning to take what they give me.
adjust floor learn point shots taking trying understanding
We're taking better shots at this point in the season. Everyone is understanding where they need to be on the floor without the ball. We're just trying to learn as we go and adjust as we go.
We had our struggles. But look at us now.
excuse focus
There's no excuse for what happened. As a team, our focus just wasn't there.
aggression game played took
The way they played took the aggression out of us. But after this, we know what we have to do in a big game like this.
ball fits great pass passes players
Sometimes, great players don't want to pass the ball. He passes the ball and fits right in as another great player on this team.
conference future parody super year
This is a young conference as a whole. In the future, there's a lot of parody now, but I see us as only a year a way from being a super powerhouse conference like the Big East.
games
I can't imagine. How many Big 12 games are there?
coach defense plain
It's plain to see that coach (Bill Self) stresses so much defense and details.
dig football shots stops tried
It was rough. When the shots went up, it was football out there. We just tried to dig down and get stops at the end.
build easy mistakes team teams wants
That's one thing we try to do. Obviously, every team wants to get easy baskets. We try to just build on every other teams mistakes and try to get easy baskets.
took
That's about how long it took me to get going.
ready
We're ready for anything. We'll be ready for Texas.
fatigue feeling maybe
I just had to get over the hump. Once I did that, fatigue wasn't a factor. I mean, maybe I'm tired, but I'm not feeling it.