Ritchie McKay
Ritchie McKay
Ritchie Lawrence McKayis an American basketball coach, currently the head coach of the Liberty University. McKay for the last 6 seasons had been the associate head coach at University of Virginia. He has previously been the head coach of the University of New Mexico, Oregon State, Colorado State, and Portland State...
explain free impact league missed second sure throws
Considering we missed 10 free throws and (Wyoming) went 18-for-21, yeah, that had an impact on the game. I think we have missed some opportunities by not making free throws. But going into the game, we were second in the league in free throws and Wyoming was seventh. I'm not sure how to explain that.
discipline fortitude found great rhythm second team took
I told our team we should have been up 10 at halftime. We didn't play with enough discipline in the second half. (Heath) just took over. He showed great fortitude and found his rhythm and got it going.
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If Mark has the ball coming down the floor with 18 seconds left in the game, I am probably not going to call timeout because I think he will get us a good shot.
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Tony would be a great poker player, because he doesn't show much emotion. I think he has bigger goals for his own game. I sense some frustration.
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encourages his players to live a Christian life.
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Our defense has taken away the best scoring option or scoring options. We made other people step up. That's a good thing. The only problem is they have done it successfully.
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We needed to know where he was every time. He hit four 3s in Laramie, and it hurt us badly, so our guys were there on the catch, and we wanted to make him bounce a little bit. We did a good job of changing defenses and not letting him get into a rhythm.
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Having more people in town to see us is huge. Having games on TV locally is real critical to our entire success.
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From Day 1, I have said that this league is very balanced and anyone can beat anyone. At the time we played them, I thought Air Force was as good a team as there was in the league. Now I think San Diego State . . . has to be the front-runner, and I think they will hold on.
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Because of those three seniors last year, the climate, the atmosphere around here has really changed. We have a chance to contend for league championships for the next several years.
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I have a ton of respect for them. They are really good. But this league is also really balanced and at a conference tournament on a neutral floor, anyone is capable of beating anyone.
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We've got to avoid the road blues. We've got to avoid getting down early. We've been playing from behind the last 140 minutes of basketball on the road. We led Kansas State at half (which eventually was a 68-56 loss on Nov. 23), and we haven't played with the lead since.
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It's not one strike and you're out. You deal with each situation individually.
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For every road win, you have that much more margin of error at home. Since we don't have any, those home games are significant.