Phil Martelli
Phil Martelli
Phil Martelliis an American college basketball coach and current coach of the Saint Joseph's Hawks men's basketball team. He has led Saint Joseph's to seven NCAA Tournaments and six NITs in 21 seasons as head coach...
concerned offense poor proved
Offensively, we were very poor in our execution. I was really concerned with our offense (coming into the game), and we proved that as we went forward.
guys inside ours players wonderful
They have wonderful, wonderful players and their inside guys are better offensively than ours were.
delighted great win
I'm delighted for the seniors. It's also great to go out and get a win because every win is big in this league.
proud
I'm proud of them after being down to come back and get a win.
heart near played
I'm really disappointed in our play tonight. I don't know if we played with near enough heart and near enough head.
bought impressed played teams
I'm very, very impressed with their balance. There are some teams we've played that haven't had their balance. I think they've all bought into a system.
boys bunch half minutes running second
It's very, very disappointing because of our toughness. We showed it in the first half, and then for 12 minutes in the second half there was none. There was a bunch of little boys running around out there.
david dominant guy seen west
They haven't seen a guy of this magnitude. Even (former Xavier player) David West was a dominant player, but not like Morrison.
certain delaware expectation fight signed sure university
There's a certain expectation at the University of Delaware that Monte signed on for. He will fight every day to make sure their expectations are fulfilled.
leave played players
I told our players the only thing we don't leave with is the trophy. We played like champions.
basketball best clearly playing suppose win
You try to play your best basketball at the end of the year. We've clearly been playing our best basketball. We just have a feel that we're suppose to win these games.
break minute played players time took win
I just said to the players when I took them out with 1 minute to go: We've been here. We've done this. We've played for the championship. It's time to break through and win a championship.
anxious ball battles defense greater mean nuisance stealing win
Being a greater nuisance on defense doesn't always mean stealing the ball. At times he got anxious and wanted to steal the ball when he was already in the player's head. He can win a lot of psychological battles without stealing the ball.
basketball blown meant
I'm blown away by 19 assists on 20 baskets. That's basketball the way it was meant to be played.