Steve Novak
Steve Novak
Steven Michael Novakis an American professional basketball player who last played for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association. He is listed as 6'10", 225 lbs. He played college basketball at Marquette University. Novak splits time at both small forward and power forward. He was the NBA regular season leader in three point percentage during the 2011–12 season...
beginning believed capable definitely doubted focused knew locker people question room stay within worried year
I think that we definitely believed that we were capable of the things we've done this year. At the beginning of the year there's no question a lot of people doubted us. ... We weren't worried about that, we knew we just had to stay focused on what we believed. Within in the locker room we believed we could be this good.
locker room talk telling
There's no talk in our locker room that we're going back to the NIT. There's no telling what everyone else is thinking, but we know what we think in the locker room.
essential mistakes past program student
This program is essential for every student in our society. We must know the past so we do not make the mistakes in the future.
bad good learned might team together
We really learned a lot about our team. You didn't know how good or how bad you might be (but) we learned that we could come together as a team and make things click.
against great players playing step
Players have to step up when you're playing against great teams. Now is no different.
felt open shot wide
It felt good. I was wide open, and it was probably the first open shot I had all night.
girls
I think girls are probably just better shooters.
change guess sure
I guess I'm not really sure what I'd change about it. Some go down, some don't.
change guess huge obviously open shot sure
I guess I'm not really sure what I'd change about it. Obviously it didn't fall. It was probably the first open shot I had all night. So, I mean, some go down, some don't. It was obviously a huge shot.
definite lose member team trying win
Win or lose he's always trying to get you back on your feet. He's really a definite member of the team that's been through all of it with us.
again believed came gets great name seniors today
We really believed we could do this and today it came true. To see our name up there again is a great feeling. It never gets old. It's a great way for us seniors to go out.
covering early recognized
We recognized early that they weren't covering our handoffs as well, and we were able to get a lot of buckets off of handoffs.
advantage good great job maturing preparing ranked
We're really maturing as a team, we know how good we can be. When it comes to ranked teams, (we) need every advantage we can get and they (coaches) have done a great job of preparing us for these games.
next
We need to keep getting better. There is no next year.