Taurean Green
Taurean Green
Taurean James Greenis an American professional basketball player who last played for AEK Athens of the Greek League. He is the son of former NBA journeyman Sidney Green. Green played college basketball for the University of Florida, where he was a member of the Florida Gators teams that won back-to-back NCAA national championships in 2006 and 2007. He also plays internationally for Georgia after gaining citizenship in June 2010...
bought everybody fact prove special
Everybody had us in the NIT. We wanted to prove ourselves. After that tournament, everybody bought into the fact we could be a special team.
chance college defend equalizer good winning
That's the equalizer in college basketball. If you defend the 3-point line, you are going to have a good chance of winning any night.
confidence help knew practice
They responded great. We knew they were going to have come in and help us. That's why they practice with us every day. We have confidence in them.
heart player wants win
Honestly, I didn't. He's probably the most-improved player in America. He just has so much heart and wants to win so bad.
He said this is how he wanted us to play.
everybody stepped team total
This whole team should be the MVP. Everybody stepped up big for us (this weekend) and it was a total team effort.
good lee time
Every time Lee shoots, I think it's going in. He's just that good of a shooter.
ahead games move
We're all disappointed we lost, but it's only one game. You just have move on. We have a whole lot of games ahead of us.
ball game good guys half inside job plan second shot start
We shot 15 three-pointers in the first half, and our game plan was start inside and then go out. In the second half we did a good job of getting the ball inside and our big guys did a good job of getting it outside.
charge control drive good knew lane plays
We knew we had to get in the lane and make plays for each other. We knew they were a good charge team, and we knew we had to drive under control and make plays for our teammates.
block dunk fires lifts team turn
When they block shots, when they get a dunk and when they just do what they do, it fires the whole team up. Just doing what they do, I think it can turn a game. I think it lifts our team.
four games work
We're not finished. We've got a lot of work to do yet. We're on a mission. We've got four more games to get.
everybody prove
We still feel that we're the underdogs. And we have something to prove to everybody still.
beginning dad goes prove season special team
He was unbelievable; he's been there all year, but all this just goes to prove what we started at the beginning of the season. I even told my dad before the season started that we would do special things because we would play team basketball.