Stan Joplin
Stan Joplin
Stan Joplinis a former head men's basketball coach at the University of Toledo from 1996 to 2008...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
everybody flipped looking saying state supposed
We kind of flipped the script. Everybody was saying we weren't supposed to be here and were looking for an Akron-Kent State final.
coming learned players short
We learned a lot from coming up short in a lot of those games. The mind-set of the players is just better.
good ourselves
We wanted to feel good about ourselves after this game. So I think they feel good about themselves.
confidence needed needless
Needless to say, we needed this one bad. We needed a confidence builder.
We better get used to it, because I think with this team, this is the way it's going to be.