Scott Sutton
Scott Sutton
Scott Suttonis the men's basketball coach for the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles. Sutton is the all-time wins leader in school history while leading ORU to three NCAA Tournament, two National Invitational Tournament and two CollegeInsider.com Tournament postseason appearances in 14 seasons. The Golden Eagles have won 20 or more games in seven of the past 10 seasons...
ball continue needed shoot
If they continue to shoot the ball the way they did, they'll go a long way in this tournament. We needed them to have an off night. They didn't.
beat great needed night played shoot
For them to shoot as well as they did and play as well as they did we couldn't beat them. We needed to play great and I thought we played well. We needed them to have an off night and they didn't.
accident grind
Everything's kind of on a shoestring. All you need is one accident to grind everything to a halt.
ahead finals helped last looking loss motivated pain past team year
I think last year's loss in the finals has helped this team with our focus. The pain of last year has really motivated this team, and I don't think you'll see us looking ahead or past any team.
address practice work
We have a lot of work to do in our own end and we'll address some things in practice,
game knew pain until won
We were so devastated. The pain never went away until we won this game tonight, for me at least. I knew that was the only way that I could get over that loss.
affected carried last loss motivated past tournament win
Last year's loss was so devastating, I think it's carried on to this season. I don't think it's affected us, but it's motivated us. The only way to get past that loss completely is to win the tournament this year.
continue work
No one is getting discouraged and we'll continue to work hard.
bad game given offensive rebounds
Twenty-two offensive rebounds has to be the most we've given up all year. Hopefully, we got our bad game out of the way.
happen
It's going to happen someday. I told our guys, why not us and why not this year?
crunch four game glass job last lose nice stupid three time win
It was encouraging that we did a nice job on the glass but at the same time when you get to crunch time, those (mistakes) are the things that win you the game or lose you the game. We just had stupid turnovers the last three or four minutes.
flying glass normally whatever
They (Western) were just flying to the glass and that's normally how we play. For whatever reason, we didn't get after it like I thought we would.
erase helped last loss memory ready team win
The only way to erase that memory is to win the tournament. If we lose, it will be just as devastating as last year. But I think that last year's loss has helped this team get ready for this tournament.
cheers
We'll take the cheers while we can get them.