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...
focused four guys hard kept kids knew playing proud ranked row stayed sticking stuck teams telling three together understood
I'm really, really proud of the kids. We kept telling the guys about sticking together. We went through a hard road, playing four nationally ranked teams in a row and three of them on the road. I'm proud that we stuck together and understood we could get it done if we just stayed focused and did the things we knew we could do.
against anybody basketball capable coming energy focus games good playing share teams win
These games show we are capable of playing with anybody if we have the focus and energy we need to have. Now we have games coming against non-ranked teams that are still good basketball teams and we have to play with the same passion. If we do that, we will win our share of games.
beat contested
It was a hotly contested game. They've got so many different 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.
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.
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.