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...
coming defense early guys hard helping junior recovers tracking
Early in the season, there was a lot of separation, because he didn't think defense coming out of junior college. Now he's right with the guy, tracking hard and getting out in him. And our big guys are helping him, and he recovers better than he did.
care crowds guys liked road stuff team
Savo and those guys were aggressive. They didn't care where we were. They liked going on the road because the crowds and stuff got them mad. This team doesn't have that kind of fire.
energy guys home seems
Everything seems to come back when you're at home. The guys have been working hard. You can see they have more energy here.
bring depends guys special team willing
It depends on who else we bring (from recruiting). But what made this year's team so special is that we had guys willing to play different positions.
beat effort full guys hard matter team time
We can't just show up and think we're going to win. We're having a hard time with guys out and all that, but so are they. No matter who's out there, we're the kind of team that has to give full effort or we can get beat by anybody.
bit caught control freshmen game guys lost rest second thompson together
You had two freshmen (Hiram Thompson and Dominic Waters) in there together and we weren't able to rest some of the other guys and I think it caught up to us in the second half. I think we lost a little bit of control of the game right there at the end (of the first half).
guys inside outside presence pressure
We're going to have to get better on the inside presence because that relieves the pressure so guys can get their outside shots.
bench coming floor guys points score
We don't have the bench points coming in. So the guys on the floor have to do the scoring, and Julian and Ahmet didn't score tonight.
calling guys power scoring
Our power guys inside, I'm calling them floaters now because there's no power. We're not scoring in the paint.
bigger guy guys post shoot smaller tough
He doesn't put up big numbers, but he does all the little things. He'll go down and get you a tough (rebound), he'll post up if a smaller guy is on him, he'll shoot it only when he's open, and he can take bigger guys to the basket. He's just very unselfish.
accept guys harder knowing plays role takes time took works
Some guys don't accept their role. He took his role and takes off, knowing the better he plays and the harder he works the more time he'll get. That's how it works.
control decision future good guys job kids leave people playing reason recruiting school
In the future it's going to be very difficult. They're going to have to do a good job of recruiting guys who have the potential. The thing that kills people that's not fair, the No. 1 reason kids leave school is playing time. You can't control that. You get penalized for his decision and not yours.
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.
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.