Mike Davis
Mike Davis
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.
game games lost road
You can just see it in their faces. It's not the same team. Because we lost one game or two games on the road and it was like the end of the year. When you think about that, it doesn't make sense. At all.
four games magic number win
We've just got to win four games now. The magic number for us is to try to get to 17 wins.
best contain defense four games last players stop
He is one of the best players in our league. You are not going to stop him, so you have to try to contain him. We have to play the defense we know we can play. Our defense over the last four games has improved, and that's the way we have to play.
basketball focus trying winning
We just need to focus on winning a game. We don't look at it as trying to get into the tournament. We're just trying to win some basketball games.
families help soldiers support
We just support the soldiers and families and help them do their job.
missed open wide
We missed some wide open shots. They made theirs, we missed ours.
basketball deep practice team
We went from being a very deep basketball team to only having enough to practice today.
basketball coach college deal enjoying guys memories positive since team trying
I should be trying to coach basketball and our guys should be enjoying their college careers. But I don't know if I've had a team that's had positive memories out of this whole deal since I've been here.
gone inside style year
The whole year we've gone with Marco because he's our inside guy. If you don't have him, then it's a different style of basketball.
against areas best cannot good job league offensive points score
First of all, we have to get back in transition, and we have to keep them off the offensive glass. They are probably the best in our league at those two things. It is going to be important for us to do a good job in those areas because they scored over 80 points against us. We cannot let them score 80 points this time.
ball beat game matt painter pay plan
We didn't make them pay tonight. I thought Matt Painter just had his game plan that Marco was not going to beat us. Marco got the ball out but we didn't take advantage.
time vacation
Before, I just used vacation time when we did tours.
anymore coach definitely fighting great guys heads high hold job knowing proud tough
Being a part of this, knowing I won't coach here anymore and won't coach these guys anymore was definitely a tough situation. But I'm proud of them, and they can hold their heads up high because they did a great job fighting back.