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...
defensive effort execution offensive
The effort has been better. It's defensive execution and effort. It's offensive effort and poise.
contribute couple days help mark
With only a couple of days at practice, Mark was able to come in and contribute and help us out in the backcourt on this trip.
couple played shooter
We had a couple of (miscues) but we didn't let it get us down. We fouled the three-point shooter (Willingham) but we didn't let it extinguish our fire. We played well in overtime.
hit miles moved shot step stops
We had some stops and shot well in transition. Miles moved around and hit some shots. We need the shooters to step up.
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.
attacked chris game games good great guards indicator nine physical second teams
Chris had two outstanding games. He was our leader. The Bahamian teams attacked with very quick, physical guards and it was a good challenge. In the second game he had nine assists and no turnovers. That's a great indicator of things to come.
final six
Six out of six in the final minute; that's the difference. That's the difference.
month tougher
We are going to have to get tougher if we are going to go on through this month and make anything happen.
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.
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.
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.
certainly entire hard next playing
I think we are certainly playing hard enough, but we aren't doing it over the entire game. That's the next thing.
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.