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.
bit fast floor lost push spots transition trying work
We've lost our transition game, we've got to get that back and the fast break. We're working on trying to get out and get down the floor a little bit better and work on our break. We have to find our spots and push it.
gets stopped work
No one's stopped him yet. You just have to make him work for everything he gets because he's very consistent.
beat cut game good lead louisiana mexico played state tech tough transition work
We had a good lead on New Mexico State down there and got into a transition game with them and they beat us. Louisiana Tech has always played us tough here. We've got our work cut out.
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.
good ok ready workout
It's not that bad. We got in OK ? got enough rest. And we had a good workout (last night), so we're as ready as we can be.
cutting run standard stuff work
They run a lot of standard stuff. We have to work more on our stuff ? cutting down the turnovers, especially.
beat both motivation team work
They have nothing to play for, but that could work both ways. If they find the motivation and really want to get after it, they can beat any team in the league.
complain might team work
This might be the first team I've had that doesn't complain and get sluggish. They all come to work hard.
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.
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.
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.
bring guy hard help works
If every guy who comes back works hard and improves, and if we bring in recruits who can help us right away like we did this year, we'll be fine.
game hard player worked
He's worked as hard on his game as anybody. And you have to say he's an All-WAC player now.