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...
energy everybody hard mind practices
Even the practices are different ? you can see they have more energy here than they do on the road. Everything's more comfortable for everybody at home, so you come out and practice hard because your mind is not on other things.
becomes practice
It becomes a practice problem, too. We can't even do five-on-five anymore.
couple everybody help home plays practices
I don't know if it makes a difference, because everybody plays better at home in this league. But we'll still get a couple of practices in so that should help us a little bit.
grown hard held improve practice worked
They've really held together, grown as a team. They take coaching, they have worked hard in practice to improve their games, individually and (as a) team, and they like each other and play together.
bell practice schedule
They said we can only practice (in the Taco Bell Arena) at night, but I wanted to keep to the schedule of the game.
level moves practice
This is the first competitive practice we've had in a month. When you have that competitiveness out there, everybody's level moves up.
accepted group improved practice roles skills stayed together
This group has probably improved through practice more than any group I've had. That's because they have the skills to do it, but they also accepted their roles and really stayed together as a team.
defense energy ready run
We have to be ready on defense again. They like to run in transition, and they'll play with a lot more energy at home.
again showing talk tougher
We always talk about how much tougher things are on the road. Well, it's showing again right here.
hopefully hotel near pulled pulling
We're pulling out all the stops. It was right near the hotel when we pulled up so hopefully that was a sign.
attitude win
You have to be good, but you have to be lucky, too. And you have to believe. You have to go in with the attitude that you can win it.
attitude far improving passive past team teams themselves works
This team works better than other teams we've had in the past as far as improving themselves on the court, and the attitude is always positive. But this team has its own personality, and unfortunately, it's a passive one.
proven winning
You have to look at them first. They're proven and they've been winning on the road.
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).