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...
against matter nevada realized saw struggled team wins woke
Wins are always OK, no matter what they look like. I realized that when I woke up (yesterday) and saw that Nevada struggled the same way we did against a team from that same conference.
You know he'll be watching, so we have to look good.
giving win
We're not giving up. We think we've got a shot, so we'll go in there with the idea we can win this thing.
giving win
We're not giving up. We think we have a shot. We're going in there with the thought we can win this thing.
establish force hitting inside
We still have to look for them but we have to be more patient, we can't force them. And if you're not hitting those, you'd better establish that inside game.
although beat both chance definitely finish high home teams
We still have a chance to finish as high as second, and definitely third, although there are a lot of tie-breakers involved. But we just have to go home and play both those teams and beat them.
chance home move
We're at home and we've got a chance to move up in the standings, so it's big.
care
We're down to (seven) and counting. If you take care of business, you're going to be in the hunt.
chance last played second year
We played well last year (at Nevada), but just didn't win. We had a chance in the second half.
talk worse
We won't talk about it and they'll just play through it, because the more you think about it, the worse it gets.
loss second tied
It was very important. We're tied for second on the loss side.
exactly game perfect
It was a perfect game for us. This is exactly what we needed.
couple games gotten kept led lost question seniors starts time top work year
The seniors have led the way, there's no question about that. There was a time during the year when we lost a couple games that they could have gotten down, but they never did that. They just went to work and really kept it going. It all starts at the top with the leadership.
basket gives guy guys rebound rest team
He's their go-to guy and the rest of the guys get around him and work. He comes up with a big basket or a big rebound and that gives the whole team energy. That's why they don't have the big lulls in there like we have.