Mike Davis
Mike Davis
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.
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With all the things that have gone on, I thought today was pretty good. I thought we took a step in the right direction because I saw some guys fighting harder than what they normally fight and I saw some guys miss some shots they normally make.
care gone minds playing stepped tendency understand
I probably should have stepped down a little earlier. Our guys' minds were just gone because what you have to understand is they care about me ... Sometimes when you're playing to try and keep someone's job, you have a tendency not to do anything.
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I probably should have stepped down a little earlier. I felt it. Our guys' minds were just gone. What you have to understand is that they care about me, and I care about them, and sometimes when you try to play to keep someone's job, you have a tendency not to do anything. Right now, they're just playing basketball. Three weeks ago, this game probably would be a 20-point (loss). The game at Purdue (a 70-59 Indiana victory) would have been a 10-15 point loss. Right now, we're playing with peace of mind.
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.
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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.