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...
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.
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.
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 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.
corey great looked stretch
I thought Corey Rouse was great down the stretch and really looked good.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.