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...
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.
forward games home left looking needs regular road seven team wants win
We have only seven games left in the regular season, and we can't keep looking forward only to the home games. This team needs to win on the road if it wants to get recognized.
bench change energy games help struggled
If we do change it, Ahmet can give us a lot of energy off the bench. There have been some games where our bench has struggled to give us points, and I know Ahmet can help there.
coming games lost move worry
We need to move on. We have some injuries, we lost some games we probably should have won, but you can't worry about that. Our most important games are coming up, and that's in the league.
bench deep games three tougher win
That makes it even tougher for us. You have to win three games in three days, and we're not going to have that deep bench like the other teams.
games left road telling
It really is like two different teams. But I've been telling them all week, the road games we have left are all winnable games, so let's go out and get them.
coming games tough
We got two tough games coming up, but if we get them both, we're right back in the hunt. It's a long way from over.
confidence game games gives hang offense ran run shoot stretch tried win worked
It gives you confidence that you can hang in games and come back and win them. Before, we tried to play a different game down the stretch on the road, run and shoot them out. (Last week) we ran our offense and worked it and did a much better job.
games win
This is it. We have to win some more games if we want to keep playing.
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.
coaching focused pleased remember stayed staying team time
I've been coaching a long time and I really don't remember one where we trailed the whole time. But I was pleased with my team for staying focused the whole time. We just stayed there and stayed there.
factor fatigue good help reasons
I use it to help them get hungrier. There are reasons for that (domination in Reno). They're good and there's the fatigue factor (playing at Reno's 4,500-feet elevation).
tv worst worth
The worst part about it is that payback game. And when you don't get a TV game, it doesn't feel worth it.