Ron Lievense
Ron Lievense
counting defend good guys plenty shots smart
They have athletes, they have shooters, they play really smart basketball, they take good shots and they defend hard. I'm really counting on (our) guys to get plenty of rest.
close game great guys moving teams worn
We just weren't moving our feet; our guys were tired, worn out. That's what great teams do, they close the game out.
allowed foul found group guys handle men picked proud pulled situation together
Our group of men pulled together and found a way to handle their pressure. They picked up their pressure; they were scramble-trapping us and rotating and our guys found a way to handle it with Anthony in foul trouble. I was very proud of the way our guys pulled together in that situation and allowed us to keep the lead.
guys telling time
What I keep telling my guys is to take it one day at a time and get better.
small tough
It's small and hot. It's a tough place to play. We will have to get everybody's 'A' game.
group hard needed nice played run
That group made a nice run. They played hard and played as a team, and a lot of it had to do with Mark. We needed that run to get more space.
lead nice played proud slack sustained
I'm really proud of our team. We played right from the get-go. We got a nice lead and we sustained that lead. We didn't slack off.
anytime build certainly chance confidence game high imagine normal win
Anytime you can not play your normal game and still have a chance to win at the end, really has to do a lot to build your confidence. Certainly I would imagine that our guys' confidence is high right now going into this.
business grown handle hope key success
What is key in this business is what are you going to do tomorrow? I hope we will have grown and will handle success much better.
drive great green range shoot tremendous
(Bradley) is a tremendous guard. He's got great range and has the green light. He can flat-out play. He can flat-out get anything done ? penetrate, shoot and drive to the basket.
best life memories time wife
Being there was some of the best years of my life. Me and my wife had some of the fondest memories during our time there.
built countless crushed effort good jump open pressure program shots
They were getting countless open jump shots and our pressure was not very good at all. We got crushed on the boards. It all comes down to effort and that's why those are the two things we've built our program on. We didn't give that effort.
abbey bus left morning people played saturday thursday understand
People don't understand what this is like. We played Thursday at Belmont Abbey and got back at 2:30 in the morning. Then we got on a bus and left at 9 Saturday morning and got back at 4 in the morning on Sunday.
picks runs
Anthony is our motor. He runs the show and when he picks it up, everything rolls.