Stan Joplin
Stan Joplin
Stan Joplinis a former head men's basketball coach at the University of Toledo from 1996 to 2008...
against came dared good hands shooting
We came out on their shooters with our hands down and dared them to make 3's, and you can't do that against a good shooting team.
balls fresh good great guys hustle jonathan loose shooter work
He's a great shooter and we wanted to make him work for everything. So we always had fresh guys on him - Justin, Sammy Villegas, Ridley Johnson, Jonathan Amos, probably some others, too. They did a good job. I thought we got most of the loose balls and hustle points.
good ourselves
We wanted to feel good about ourselves after this game. So I think they feel good about themselves.
energy flow good half ran stretch took
I thought we took them out of their offense. We got our energy from defense, which isn't always the case. For a long stretch in the first half we rebounded well and ran well and we got a pretty good flow going.
attention ball defense good inside job jump keeps kicking open position quickness somebody using
Tino just keeps getting better and better. He's getting the ball in good position and using his quickness to the basket. He's getting a lot of attention inside and when the defense has an edge, he does a good job of kicking it back out to give somebody an open jump shot.
control defense except game good half inside night
I thought our defense was pretty good in the first half except we fouled too much. I thought we were in control of the game for the most part. We wanted to go inside and we did that with Tino having a good night down low.
best both giving good ground lack might neither played playing teams
I think both teams were playing pretty good defense. Neither team was giving ground on any possession. Defensively, this might have been the best we've played for 40 minutes. We had some breakdowns, sure, but there was no lack of effort.
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.
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.
close record teams winning won
The teams that have a winning record have one thing in common: they've all won those close games.
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.
nice shared
We really shared the basketball. It was nice to see that balance.
attacking game happy inside offense outside path post productive shots taking
We need a more productive inside game and to get more shots out of our post players. We have to find a happy medium. We're taking the path of least resistance. We have to have an inside game when our outside shots aren't falling. We're not attacking on offense like we should be.
goes guy hard rebound shot surprised
We got the look we wanted at the end and Ridley is a guy who always goes hard to the basket. I wasn't surprised at all to see him come up with that big rebound and shot at the end.