Matt Haryasz
Matt Haryasz
Matt Haryaszis a former American professional basketball player. Haryasz usually played as a center...
overtime second
We said before the overtime that here's our second chance. You don't get many second chances.
chance credit fought good played proud second team
We fought back in the second half. We had a chance to win, and I was proud of the way we played. But I want to give credit to their team -- they played a very good game.
ball beat confident forcing guys hit man open position rhythm scheme second shots tried
That was a scheme to make someone else beat you. I tried to get the ball to the open man. In the second half, I kind of got out of rhythm and started forcing shots. ... I have to try to get in a better position early. ... Other guys are going to have to hit shots and I'm confident they can do that.
chris game hit knew shoots surprised time
I knew they were in just like every time he shoots them. Actually I was more surprised the game was tied. I thought Chris had hit a 3-pointer and we were up by a point.
beat chris gave man tripped turned
I kind of got tripped up going up there, but I just turned and Chris beat his man. Chris made the play, I just gave him the ball.
concentration focus hope lose row start
I hope you don't say too much to him. I don't want him to lose his concentration or his focus. When you start to think, I've made 30 in a row and don't want to miss, that's when you miss.
came
They came out and whooped up on us.
confidence open people presence tough ucla
We need to get some swagger, some confidence, back. We need to be getting into people defensively and having more of a presence on the court. UCLA is a tough one to open with, but I like where we're at right now.
expected hit knew start whatever
We knew he could shoot. I don't think we expected him to hit like 5-for-5, or whatever it was, to start the game. He hit some big shots.
personal stopping took
Everyone took it as a personal challenge, stopping their man.
eye granted injury nice perspective
This injury has put things in perspective for me. Sometimes you take things for granted like always being able to see perfectly. To go down with the eye injury was tough. It's nice to see again.
close three
That's not even close to simulating - when you've got a packed house, down three, Pac-10, Washington. You can't simulate that. If we did it three more times, it probably wouldn't work. But this one did.
last late night sleep
I didn't get a lot of sleep last night. When we got back, as late as it was, I probably got to sleep about 3:30 and got up at 9.
chris guys stepped
Chris stepped up big. A lot of guys stepped up big for us and that was huge.