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.
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).
breaking came guys saying today top
With him breaking it on Saturday, it was devastating to him, and some of his teammates. When he came back, we were a Top 5 team, that's what (the players) were saying and feeling. I could kind of see it, our guys were down today without him.
along best far players top
Tucker is by far one of the top two best players in the league, along with (Illinois guard) Dee Brown.
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.