Ron Jirsa
Ron Jirsa
Ronald Howard "Ron" Jirsais an American college basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach at Radford. He has previously been the head coach at the University of Georgia and Marshall University...
best happy honor spent talking week
I'm happy for our seniors. We spent this week talking about what it was going to take and it was all about effort. That was the best way to honor our seniors.
chance conference exposure great nation
The nation will see us, not only in the movie, but with our new exposure with Conference USA. It's a lot of exposure and a great chance to capitalize.
athletic game late physically seemed strong team
That's an athletic team and that's a physically strong team. I thought late in the game they seemed to get stronger.
figure glad win
I'm glad we were able to figure it out because we've been pressing for a win. Every win is so important.
ball reason whatever
We called the play, we got the ball to Mark. For whatever reason we didn't get it in the basket, and then we didn't back on defense.
ball difficult free hit mark patton second throws took
It was difficult because they took away Mark Patton early. We were able to get him the ball in the second half, but (in the meantime) we were able to hit enough three-pointers and we made free throws down the stretch.
allow ball half line needed played second settled stretch
They're not going to allow you to set up what you're doing. We settled down in the second half and played much more effectively. We got to the line better but during that (first half) stretch we weren't able to get the ball where we needed to score.
hard run stands
That run stands out a little more when you don't play hard in the first half. We should have been working the whole night.
against evaluate fall nice night quick start team tomorrow win work
It's nice to get a win against a team that was very quick and athletic. We got to evaluate some things, and we'll work on them tomorrow night and then in the fall when we start practice.
cheer extremely fans hard playing
It's not necessarily about making every shot. It's playing extremely hard and I know that's a way to get the fans to cheer for us.
balance beyond chance duplicate effort gives great mix playing poise team tremendous win
They have great poise and when you mix poise with balance it gives you a chance to win every night. When you're playing a team with tremendous poise you have to have that yourself. We've got to duplicate that effort and go beyond that to get a win that's needed.
glad good month start
This is an important month for us. I was glad we were able to get it off to a good start tonight.
hurt might next push second solve
Once you solve something, the next thing you see might be tougher. The second half, when we didn't push it up the floor, that hurt us. You want to make them move. When they get back and it's 5-on-5, it's tougher.
gets harder hurt next push second solve
Once you solve something, it gets harder to solve the next thing. The second half, when we didn't push it up the floor, that hurt us.