Greg McDermott
On the game…
“I’m just happy to see those guys
smile again. We purposely slowed the tempo in an effort to control our mistakes.
We just didn’t feel like we could turn the ball over 20 + times again so we
decided to slow the game down.”
“Corey McIntosh handled coming off
the bench with a lot of maturity and Jiri gave us some good minutes coming off
the bench.”
On the starting lineup
changes…
“I’m seeing too many mistakes over
and over again and if that is going to happen, it might as well happen with
freshmen. Who starts the game has never been important to me. The only thing
that matters is who finishes.”
On Wesley Johnson…
“He has great anticipation skills
on rebounding. He has a knack for knowing where the ball will be and he is very
coachable and listens to what we say. He has been a factor in every game, no
matter who we play.”
On Mike Taylor…
“Mike was embarrassed that he led
the country in turnovers and we talked with him about it and told him he has to
change or we are going to take him out. I felt that tonight he played fast but
didn’t play recklessly. He was more concerned with getting the ball where it
needed to be, rather than scoring.”
“If we are going to win this year,
it is going to be like this every game. Right now, we are not capable of making
decisions in a hurry. Slowing the game down allows a team that is not as
talented to hang around and we are hoping that it will also help us hang around
with a team that is more talented than we are.”
“I give my guys credit for
concentrating enough to pull this win our during finals
week.”
“Mike made a huge three. He came
off a screen, the post rolled to the hoop, but Mike made the right read and made
a huge play for our team.”
Rahshon Clark
“We just lost three in a row and I
felt I needed to be more involved and bring more energy to the team. Today I
came ready to play and wanted the ball.”
“We played defense really well.
They just put up a shot and the end and made it. Coach told us we did a good job
on defense.”