Mike Davis
Mike Davis
coming country four looking lose next scary starters team three top
I don't know another team in the country that can lose four starters and be able to compete. The scary part is that they are all coming back next year. Then you are looking at a Purdue team that could be in the top two or three in pre-conference (next year).
tonight
I didn't want us to take any 3s tonight because of their size.
best coach job league matt painter players
Matt Painter has done probably the best job of any coach in our league when you look at the players he lost.
lose second
If we didn't have him in the second half, we lose the ballgame.
game maybe next shoot
Maybe the next game I'll tell them to shoot all threes and they'll go inside.
against chris game guys hunter played tournament
Lester Abram is a 15-, 16-point guy. Chris Hunter is a seven- or eight-point guy. Hopefully, he'll have his guys back by tournament time, and they'll be very good. Every game I've played against him, somebody's been out. Every game.
cameras since
We've set up more surveillance cameras since it all happened.
character helped kept last situation three weeks
We've been in a situation the last three weeks where if we lose, we are probably out of the tournament. That situation has really helped us. We showed a lot of character and kept going and going and going.
direction good hope speak talk
We hope to talk to our group, and see what direction they want to go, ... Then we will let Mr. Marra speak and we know he will have some good information.
feels good home panicked
It feels good to come home and play. We kind of panicked on the road.
effort energy figuring giving intensity playing stepped tough
I think right now, we are playing well. Defensively, our intensity has stepped up. The energy and effort we are giving is more important than the wins. I think we are figuring out now that we have to go out and play tough for 40 minutes.
anyone anytime coach fought group guys hard last love next proud sadness whether
I think every coach, whether or not they're going to be there next year, anytime they have a group of guys they really love and appreciate, I feel more sadness for them than anyone because they fought hard. They really fought hard over the last month. I'm proud of them.
fans fire five game games last ranked six top weeks
It doesn't make any sense. I've been under fire the last two weeks not only by fans but media, and we were one game out of first place and were ranked in the top 20 during that time. ... If we were five or six games behind, you'd probably have an argument.
enjoy fun played practice pressure treat weight
It hasn't been a weight off my shoulders; it's a weight off of (the players' shoulders). To see them play under the pressure they had played under, and now to see them having fun and enjoy practice and enjoy the game, that has been a treat for me to see.