Rick Stansbury
Rick Stansbury
Richard Lee Stansbury, is the head men's basketball coach at Western Kentucky University...
beaten games guys help plays three winning
Those three guys have all made winning plays to help them win three games in a row. And those were games they could have all been beaten in.
contagious four games gets kentucky kids shooting
I don't know why (Kentucky's) kids make shots. Shooting gets contagious, and Kentucky has started getting contagious four games ago.
fight fighting games home kids lives three trying
Our kids understand. They know where we're at. We've got three home games left, and two games on the road. We're just trying to fight to get better. They're fighting for their lives every game.
bodies everywhere games georgia hard plays
Georgia plays hard and has a lot of perimeter depth. They have a lot of big bodies on the inside, and they've been in most games everywhere they've played.
attitude basketball energy games kids losing makeup special start tells together
It was a special effort. For our kids to have the attitude and energy after losing some games when they're not used to it, it tells you a lot about the makeup of this basketball team. We put together 40 minutes, from start to finish.
approach broken consistent focus games season sounds
It sounds like an old, broken record, but it's a 16-game season and I know it's a little different being 1-7 at this point, but you can't approach games that way. The only way you can be consistent in the way you approach things is to keep the focus on working hard.
gotten though took understand understood
Even though we hadn't won, we've gotten better. We all understood we had some deficiencies in some areas. We understand we had to battle. We've gotten better. Tonight, we took another step.
anybody basketball bruce expected job tremendous
Bruce has done a tremendous job with this basketball team. I don't think anybody expected them to be where they are right now.
both future good men wish work
Both young men are good people, but unfortunately things just didn't work out for them here. We wish them both well in their future endeavors.
difference past regroup sitting team
We've had to regroup in the past. The difference between that is we're having to regroup with a young team. It's not like we're sitting around with a team that has expectations, or a team that has experience. You're going to get better in some areas, but I know it's going to be hard.
george good mason special understood
We all understood how good George Mason is. For us to have a chance, it would take a special effort. We got a special effort.
game next played somebody special urgency
Urgency is the next game, and the next game was Ole Miss. If it had been somebody else, would we have played that hard? I don't know. But tonight, there was a special effort, and we had to have a special effort.
guy responsibility
We had a guy who was dominant. The more responsibility we've put on (Rhodes), the more he's accepted.
left possibly
We left everything we possibly could on the floor.