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.
against believe game glad success team win year
It's an important year for him, and I'm glad to see his team do well, believe it or not. To win every game every year, that's not going to happen. ... We've had a lot of success against them.
deserved half number offensive played six sticks win
They played awfully well and deserved to win the game. The thing that sticks out, to me, is the number of offensive put-backs they had. They had way too many for us to win on the road. They got six of their baskets in the first half on put-backs.
coming couple kentucky playing row struggling time tough win won
Any time you play Kentucky it's never easy. They are coming off a big win and are playing with a lot of confidence. They've won a couple in a row and they know that we are struggling right now. But it is always tough playing Kentucky.
group guys lay obvious opportunity paper proud season supposed win
I don't know if I have ever been more proud of a group of guys. These guys have had every opportunity to lay down all season long. I think it's very obvious when you look on paper who was supposed to win this game.
hope lead teams turn
Our teams will turn it over. You just hope they don't lead to baskets.
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.
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.
coach harder kids rod team
There's no team in the country, anywhere, that a coach got their kids to play harder than Rod Barnes did.
basketball huge
That was very important. It was huge for our basketball team, being so young, to go in with the lead.
basketball florida presents proud team
I was proud of our team's effort. The Florida basketball team presents many problems.
close miss seems state won
When State and Ole Miss play, it's always a battle. It always seems to be a close game. They won the first game. We have to find a way to play better here at home.
ability notch second turned
We jumped out on a 16-0 run, but I thought it was our ability to defend, too. We turned it up a notch defensively in the second half.