Tony Shaver
Tony Shaver
Tony Shaveris an American college basketball coach and the current head men's basketball coach at the College of William & Mary. He arrived at William & Mary after a 17-year tenure as the head coach at Hampden-Sydney College...
asked believe early good great players proud saw shooting themselves
I was proud of the effort. We asked our players to believe in themselves and compete. I thought even early in the game, when (VCU) got off to the great shooting start, you saw a good look in our kids' eyes.
building coaching people shot surprised three took
Probably the only three people in the building not surprised that he took that shot are on our coaching staff.
believed brian improved last player plays running time year
Brian has improved as much as any player I've ever coached. If you'd have told me this time last year that we'd be running plays to get him the ball, I wouldn't have believed it.
favorite
We had to take away their favorite thing to do.
good learn passion store
We have to learn to play with that kind of passion every night. If we do, good things are in store for this program.
answer knew turn wish
I wish I knew what the answer was. But, we're going to keep working to find it and turn these hard-fought performances into victories.
beat
I thought if they were going to beat us, they were going to beat us inside.
against fought good proud year
This was kind of the story of our year against the good teams, get down a lot and then come back. I was proud of the way they fought back.
basketball fine team
We were dismantled by a fine basketball team tonight. I thought they were sensational.
shot tough
It's tough to get a better shot than we got right there.
effort great learn line players
I told our players we've got to learn to lay it on the line every day, like we did today. That was a great effort for our players.
aggressive ball confident easy game
We were aggressive with the ball, a little more confident with the ball and we just made some shots. It's an easy game when you make some shots.
good sign tonight
I think we went toe-to-toe with them tonight and that?s a good sign for our club.
dimension obviously shoots starter teams
He's a starter on most teams in this league. And when he shoots it like he did tonight, obviously that's a new dimension to his game.