Matt Haryasz
Matt Haryasz
Matt Haryaszis a former American professional basketball player. Haryasz usually played as a center...
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.
direction moving starting
We're moving in the right direction. We're starting to get a lot of momentum.
build confidence couple earlier gives guys hands heading last needed offense people playing presence productive season stanford starting team
I could tell that the team is starting to change. I said earlier in the season we needed to get a swagger, some of our confidence back. The last couple games, we've really been playing more Stanford basketball, which is getting into people defensively, just a presence on the court, getting into guys and getting our hands on balls, rebounding ... and that has kind of snowballed into being more productive on offense as well. It gives us something to build on heading into the Pac-10.
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.
personal stopping took
Everyone took it as a personal challenge, stopping their man.
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.
last senior seniors time
That was the idea - to have this Senior Day for the seniors and have that be the last time on the court. It was the seniors and the team, really. It was everybody's decision.
free good shooting throw week worked
That was kind of an aberration. We worked on them this week the same way we always do. We are a good free throw shooting team.
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.
expect good
He's a good shooter, but we didn't expect that.
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.
overtime second
We said before the overtime that here's our second chance. You don't get many second chances.
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.