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...
effort either great half level needed poise
We've relied on our effort level and our poise and we didn't have either one tonight. Our effort level in the first half was a big key. We did not have great effort and we needed to have great effort.
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.
effort hard played plays shots
I think we played hard enough and with effort but we didn't make plays down the stretch. We have to make shots when we're doing the hard work.
best effort game great since trying
We've been trying to get a great effort. I think this was our best effort game since I've been here.
defensive effort execution offensive
The effort has been better. It's defensive execution and effort. It's offensive effort and poise.
attention game great looking turn
That's the way we are looking at the game Wednesday. UAB is a great team, but now we turn our attention to Tulane in the tournament.
knows three together understand within
That's two in a row. He has to understand what he did and see if he can put it together for three straight. He has to play within the concept. He knows what we need from him.
hard hard-work mark patton work
Mark Patton showed us what hard work is all about.
athletic best both couple front guys gym mark player poised senior strong
Mark is really poised for very strong senior season. He was the best player in the gym up front both nights. They had a couple of 6-8 athletic guys on each team.
difficult earlier eight explosive feeling foul half hit hoping kept memphis minutes overcome run second seven sustain team trouble wall worked
I was hoping we could sustain what we had worked up in the first half, but foul trouble really kept us from going into the second half with the same feeling we had earlier in the (game). Memphis has an explosive team and I think they were able to run us and we hit the wall about six, seven or eight minutes into the second half. And that made it difficult for us to overcome that run.
beaten fact feed home
We need to feed off the fact that we've beaten them. Home or away, we're going to give our best.
good improve late point
We've done some of that and it's good for us to know just how much we still can improve at this late point of the season.
believe continue forward great grow help move program season senior size skilled tremendous tyler
Tyler is a mobile, skilled forward with great size who is still growing. He had a tremendous senior season as a 17-year old. I believe he can continue to grow with our program and help us continue to move forward.
game good happy hope mark presence sign tonight
I am happy to see (Bro Grebe) get into the game. We need another presence to give Mark (Patton) a break, and I hope he can come in and do that. Tonight was a good sign of what he can do for us.