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...
beat contested
It was a hotly contested game. They've got so many different weapons, they can beat you in so many ways.
against anyone beat given good guys huge league louisville program win
That was a huge win for our program because we're rebuilding. The way this league is set up now is incredible. Anyone can beat anyone else on any given night. Being 2-2 is good for us. We know we have a long way to go. But, hopefully, the win against Louisville will give our guys some confidence.
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.
basket close definitely guys hard played throughout
Our thought our guys battled hard, played hard throughout the whole game. They couldn't make a basket there at the end...pretty close to, but just couldn't put any in. It definitely was not a 16-point game.
chance east
(Rutgers) is a big game. I think we'll have a chance to be in the Big East Tournament.
academic dexter good leaves left personal team university
Dexter has left the team for personal reasons. He leaves the university in good academic standing.
catch further great job
We did a great job of getting out and pressuring them. We made them catch it a little further out, which made them a little uncomfortable.
duke team tough tried
We got frustrated. Duke does that to you. We tried to keep our composure, but we're a young team and this is a tough environment.
basket
We couldn't make a basket there at the end.
allow basketball certain everybody good knows limited people syracuse team time
We have a good basketball team but we are limited in certain ways. At this time of year, everybody knows what everybody can do. We have to take those things away from people. If you allow people to play to their strengths, and we let Syracuse play to their strengths, then you know you are going to struggle.
defense definitely good held second
It definitely was not a 16-point game. We held them 20 under what they usually score, and we didn't even play good defense in the second half.
basketball road statement tough toughness
I think this is a statement that we are improving. We are a tough basketball team. We have to take that toughness on the road as well as home.
call urgency
We aren't desperate. We won't call it that. We know there's an urgency to win. ... It's not desperation - that's panic.
bodies guys hard playing
Guys are just playing so hard and you've got so many big bodies out there, it's going to be physical.