Norm Roberts
Norm Roberts
Norman Robertsis a men's college basketball coach. He is currently an assistant coach at Kansas and is the former head coach of the St. John's Red Storm...
anybody chance compete focus huge learn learned practice week win
It's a huge win for our program. But we have to take this and learn from it just as we have learned from our losses. If we can have the same focus we did this week in practice and in this game, we have a chance to compete with anybody in the country.
games locker means playing room
I told them in the locker room that it does hurt, but that means we're playing games that mean something.
defensive four game games good last
I told them we've got to have a defensive mindset. We're not good in high-scoring games. I thought we did some really good things in this game but we just didn't play well in the last four minutes.
deserve doubt good
They're a very, very, very good team. They deserve to be No. 1, no doubt about that.
chance finally happy
We are getting better. We are just happy to have a chance to finally do this and now we'll go from here.
attack basket energy half played second
In the second half we played with energy, we played hard. We had to attack the basket and we did.
bother good job leadership quick regroup
We're young, and we let too many things bother us too quick as a team. And that's when leadership comes in, and we didn't do a good job of leadership tonight. We'll regroup and come back.
basketball beat continue good moral
We're not in it for moral victories. We've got a good basketball team. We have to continue to get better. They have so many weapons, they can beat you in so many ways.
against basketball excited focused good great guys lifetime opportunity realize stay team top
We just have to stay focused on what we do and realize this is a great opportunity for us to play against a very good basketball team. Our guys are excited to play the top team in the nation. You don't always get these opportunities in a lifetime or career.
attention paid proud rebound
We paid a lot more attention to detail. We know we can defend, we can rebound and we can play hard. We did that tonight. I'm really proud of my team.
build great win
This was a great win for us. Now we have to build on it.
certain moments
We play very well at certain moments and we have times where we struggle. We have to be more consistent.
bombs credit guard hit player terrific tried
Give Quincy credit. We tried to guard him but he makes you pay. He's a terrific player and he hit some big-time bombs today.
emotional presence
Having Darryl back was a big emotional boost. He's such a presence on the floor.