Riley Wallace
Riley Wallace
Robert Riley Wallaceis a retired American basketball coach who was most recently head men's basketball coach at the University of Hawaii at Manoa...
game
I didn't think the game was right for (Thompson's) style.
bring guy hard help works
If every guy who comes back works hard and improves, and if we bring in recruits who can help us right away like we did this year, we'll be fine.
beat blown figured flat good hands nevada
I figured they would come out flat after getting blown out, but they come back and beat a very good Nevada team. Now we know we're going to have our hands full.
problem team year
I'd give it to him because his team is in first place. But I'd have no problem with Millsap getting it either. If there was a year where you could have co-MVPs, this is it.
game hard player worked
He's worked as hard on his game as anybody. And you have to say he's an All-WAC player now.
high move offensive people player scoring sets
He's an offensive player in the sense he sets other people up in the offense. He's not a scoring offensive player with high numbers. ... If you move without the ball, he'll find you.
behind crowd depends game home looking maybe
I don't want to see him get another 37 and 15, especially at home where the crowd will get behind him. We're looking at some double-teams, maybe some zone. It depends how the game goes.
bob defend extra guy hard hurt improve matured nights quicker scoring stuff time worked
He's matured as a player. He has worked hard with (associate coach) Bob (Nash) with a lot of extra stuff to try to improve his scoring output. He's called on to defend a smaller, quicker guy most of the time, too. Some nights he got hurt with it, but most of the time he's been good.
beating bit guess nevada performed watch
I'm embarrassed that you had to watch that and I'm embarrassed that we performed like that. You've got to give Nevada credit. I guess we stirred them up a little bit beating them at our place.
defense interior liked
I liked his defense. We haven't had interior defense like that in a while.
couple gave left minutes rest tight
I left him in there too long. I should have gave him a couple minutes rest, but it was such a tight game, I wanted him in there.
cut host nevada pull struggled team work
In the past, the host team has struggled to pull it out. I would say Nevada has its work cut out.
bring coming competition good guys hopefully push
You want to have competition at every spot. Hopefully the guys you bring in are good enough to push the guys we have coming back.
game next thinking tournament win
All we're thinking about is the WAC Tournament and getting to the NCAA. But as a next option, you have to keep the NIT in the back of your mind, and so we need to win this game to keep it all going.