Karl Hobbs
Karl Hobbs
Karl Hobbsis an American men's college basketball coach, currently the associate head coach at Rutgers University. He is the former head coach of the George Washington University Colonials men's basketball team. During his tenure, the Colonials won two Atlantic 10 Conference championships and made three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances from 2005-07. Hobbs is known for his high-energy, frenetic coaching style...
attention deserved felt high hurt last paid people picked prove saying unjust year
We paid a lot of attention to what people were saying and that hurt us. I felt last year was unjust for us to be picked so high when we hadn't done anything to prove we deserved that.
came depth half intensity pace people played second stepped wear
I thought we stepped up our intensity in the second half. I thought our depth really came into play. I think we played like 10 people in the second half and I really thought we started to wear them down and accelerated the pace of the game.
attention enjoy paying people players trying
I don't want to say people aren't paying attention to it, but you get the sense that it's not the most important thing on the agenda. That being said, I'm trying to tell my players to just enjoy the ride.
felt missing normally plays shooting
I never felt like we were in control. We were missing plays that we normally make, and we weren't shooting it particularly well from the perimeter.
basketball classy conference dominated kids program truly walk
They've had classy kids and when you walk in their facility, you know basketball is important at that school. They've dominated us. They are the only program in this conference that has truly dominated us.
mentally prepared sure
I'm not so sure mentally we were prepared at the beginning. And that will be addressed.
came game hope hurry passes shots somebody taking three took
I hope we can hurry up and end this game, so we can hurry up and get home. Then I thought about the game and we were doing a lot of things that were uncharacteristic for us. I think the first three shots we took came after two passes and somebody taking a shot. That is not how we set a tone.
finishing whatever
I have some concerns, but that is about finishing plays. We had opportunities to finish plays. We just didn't -- for whatever reason.
amazing gave hard hearts ourselves played
It's amazing that we were able to will ourselves to this game. I thought we played our hearts out, we never gave up, and played hard on every possession.
amazing ourselves
It's amazing we were able to find a way to will ourselves to this game.
basketball clear experience team watching
They were a better team than us. It was clear to me and I was right there watching it. I thought they had better basketball players. Their experience really showed itself.
allow great kept major percentage played pressure role shot situations sort sure
We just wanted to make sure that we kept great pressure on them. We made sure we put them in situations that they had to make plays. We did not allow them to get into any sort of rhythm. It played a major role in why they shot the percentage they shot.
ball moved shots
We moved the ball and got the shots we wanted. In the first half, we didn't move the ball as well and that was the difference.
affected ball couple inside large missed pops shooting shots took
We had the ball inside and they took it from us. Pops had a couple of shots inside -- dunks he usually makes and he missed them. That really affected our shooting percentage. A large part of that had to do with their defense.