Will Blalock
Will Blalock
William Anthony Blalockis an American professional basketball player who last played for the Saint John Mill Rats of the National Basketball League of Canada...
anybody coach effort great guard instead playing practice start telling
We've been telling coach we want to start playing more man-to-man. He told us that if we give great effort in practice that he'd try it. Now we can guard anybody instead of going 2-3 (zone) all game.
defensive efficiency finally good offense offensive played playing struggled
We finally started playing some defense. We got it down to two points, but then our offensive efficiency lacked. We couldn't get two things going at once. We played good defense, but we couldn't get it going on offense. If our offense clicked, we struggled on the defensive end.
girls good playing positives quit second spell teaching
We just quit playing over a spell in the second half. I told the girls, 'Don't ever do that to me again.' But it's a good teaching tool. There are a lot of positives that we can get out of this.
game past playing year
Playing this year is the only game that matters. If the past counted, we'd play only one game and you'd never play it again.
against bad close expected good lead lose notorious playing predicted second win
We are notorious for playing bad in the second with a big lead against a good team. But we didn't lose our composure. No one predicted we'd win by 15. We expected it to be a close game.
came good kinda playing ran strong team
They were hot. We came out kinda flat. We just ran into a good team when we weren't playing as strong as we had been.
bricks came easier knew step
We knew he was going to step it up. He came up to me and Curtis and told us he was going to take some of the bricks off our shoulders. He made it a lot easier for me.
bring inside knocking
We've been knocking them over with those pads. Inside there is someone that is tough. We just have to bring that out of them. (Taggart) has been tough, he just doesn't play as tough.
beat figure figuring guys heads realize three top won
We went toe-to-toe with Oklahoma, and we figure they're probably top three in the conference,. Now we're figuring on our schedule, we should be able to beat anyone. Guys don't have their heads down; we realize we should have won that game.
hard played second woke
We wanted to take his 3-ball out of the equation. In the second half, he woke up and really played hard for them. That's why they got the win.
happens rest wait
We'll just have to wait and see what happens the rest of the way.
coaches decides
I don't know who decides that. We don't. The coaches must.
build good knows program proven says wants
(McDermott) a proven winner, so I know he's a good coach. He said he wants to build a program around us. He says he knows we're good players.
knew points
Points - we always knew he could put them up, but now he's being more defensive-minded and that's what we really need on this team.