Ted Woodward
Ted Woodward
Ted Woodwardis the former head men's basketball coach for the Maine Black Bears. He took over the position vacated by John Giannini in 2004, and compiled a 117-178 in 10 seasons at the helm. He has two children with his wife, Linda...
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We don't have a huge margin for error. We'd been doing good things because we were progressing, but I'd been telling them all week not to forget where they came from. This is not a team that's going to go blow people out.
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So many guys on this team have never been through the America East, they don't know the history of Maine versus Vermont. When you have so many new guys, it takes some time for all that to sink in.
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When I say to our team to make sure everyone's on their A-game, it's really to be focused, and do the hard things. It's really about stealing a possession here or there because you're on that loose ball, or making sure we don't give that extra turnover because we need that extra possession that we didn't get with a rebound.
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They have depth, size and shooting. All those things wrapped into one is a great starting point. The biggest thing is they're veterans across the board, and probably the most talented team across the board.
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I think that's one of the reasons they're as good as they are is they have great depth. Sure, it hurts them not having him out there, but we knew they were a team in particular that was deep enough to handle those kinds of problems.
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For whatever reason, they haven't played as well as they did at the start of the year. In December, I thought they were clearly one of the favorites in the league, and that hasn't changed. They're an extremely talented, capable opponent, and one of those teams that is looking to get hot and have as good a chance as any to contend in the conference championship.
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We were playing very good basketball four or five days ago, even in the first half of the Hartford game. We just have to get back to doing the things we do.
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I've been talking to him a lot about doing this on a consistent basis. He is a guy who has a chance to fill some of these holes for us.
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There's no question Ernest was huge for us during that stretch.
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I was very happy with how he played. We've been waiting for that and I thought he did a great job.
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We were very active on defense. We were playing three guards so we needed to use our quickness to get some tips. We were able to get that tonight.
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That was huge for us. We've been struggling on the offensive boards and that was, again, a big focus tonight.
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Freddy is the definition of a leader. He's a calming and focusing influence and he fights every game, every step of the way.
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Phil had another big game for us. He and Chris had all the big rebounds for us down the stretch.