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.
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.
becomes practice
It becomes a practice problem, too. We can't even do five-on-five anymore.
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.
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.
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.
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.
dunk kids
The way kids think today, a dunk is a big thing. They all want to do it.