Stan Joplin
Stan Joplin
Stan Joplinis a former head men's basketball coach at the University of Toledo from 1996 to 2008...
ball continue defense giving helped post swinging taking
He's been taking what the defense is giving him, and it's helped him that we're getting the ball into the post and swinging the ball. If we can continue to play that way, it's really going to help him.
illinois knew lived northern
I knew Northern Illinois was going to make a run. We withstood it and lived to play another day.
ball game good hand helps liked mostly passing post rarely shooting
I liked the way he was shooting mostly uncontested 3s. Rarely did he have a hand in his face. It helps when we can penetrate well, get the ball in the post and then get a good inside-outside passing game going.
arm early glad happy kid late recruiting shot tried type work worked
I'm happy to get this type of kid this late in the recruiting process. We tried to get him early and things didn't work out, but we're glad things worked out in the end. It's a real shot in the arm for our program.
team tough
That's a tough group. I don't know if there's been more of a tough-minded team in the league.
behind bring jump pressure turn wear
We like to wear out the point. We want to jump out on him, turn him, and then bring pressure from behind and try to get some tipped balls.
cent close juggle minutes per seems short tried
Sometimes he can only go for short periods. We've tried to juggle minutes as well as we can. Now, Anton seems to be as close to 100 per cent as he's been all season.
close record teams winning won
The teams that have a winning record have one thing in common: they've all won those close games.
form nice player post shoot size strength
Shane has size, strength, he can shoot from the outside, he can post up. It's nice to have a player his size who can shoot it form the outside.
confidence needed needless
Needless to say, we needed this one bad. We needed a confidence builder.
ball happen left shoot time worst
We wanted to use all of it, to shoot the ball with very little time left so that the worst thing that could happen was overtime.
We better get used to it, because I think with this team, this is the way it's going to be.
defensive energy liked
I really liked our defensive energy and effort. We competed with a sense of urgency.
league team
I don?t know if there has been a more tough-minded team in the league for a long time.