Matt Haryasz
Matt Haryasz
Matt Haryaszis a former American professional basketball player. Haryasz usually played as a center...
anytime helps talk team
It's not something we talk about. I can't even tell you what RPI is. But I know this is a big game. Anytime you play the No. 5 team it helps with all those other things.
overtime second
We said before the overtime that here's our second chance. You don't get many second chances.
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.
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.
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.
ball break credit defense defensive fast good led looked mistakes passing points simple
Part of it was we looked a little rusty, we made some simple mistakes, like passing the ball out of bounds. That led to some fast break points for them. You have to give credit to them. They did play good defense and did have good defensive pressure.
defense executing game good lead nice playing stuck
I think we just stuck to the game plan. For us it's playing good defense and executing on offense. We got a nice lead there. Everyone is playing well right now.
game last road split swept tomorrow year
I think tomorrow is a big game for us. A split in the road for the Pac-10 openers, we'll be better than last year when we started off by getting swept on the road.
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.
aggressive ball cutting easy good guy guys hands job last man night open single threw time touched ucla
I think they threw every single guy they had at me last night. Every time I touched the ball I had guys all over me. ... UCLA did a lot of double-teams. When that happens, I need to look for the open man quicker. They were real aggressive with their hands up. I had been doubled before. They did a good job rotating and cutting off the easy pass, but part of that is on me. I've got to get the ball out.