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somehow. Hard to do.
Here are Pitino and Ryan's notes, will have the players up shortly:
Bo Ryan:
• I'm proud of them, they have goals, I've been saying that all along. What's in a player's mind, only they know. Frank made his intentions known. Today we clinched the outright (B1G title), it was a goal, it's not like they trash talked.
• We shot it really well, and they made their explosion, and held on down the stretch
• They gained some confidence with their comeback, most players do. The other team has to be able to withstand that, and keep battling back, and that's what our guys did. If you watched 25 college games, you'd see that back and forth, the streaks, and it's nothing new, but you have to be resilient if you're on the bad end of that.
• You know how older people like myself like to say "it was a lot tougher when I was younger" it was, as far as conditioning. We try to use the inactivity really well, like timeouts, having them sit down right away.
• Pressure, because you never know how you're going to react in the road. Bronson handled everything really well, for a sophomore. Nigel did a really good job or helping, Frank beat the pressure. It's nice to have 5 guys that are comfortable handling the ball…that's why they have the record that they have right now.
Richard Pitino:
• Obviously a very very good team, aside from Kentucky, that's about impressive of a team as I've seen. In the beginning of the game, we were getting good looks, we were just missing them for some reason. I thought we were playing somewhat well, but they make you pay. Gotta give them credit.
• That's a very, very good team.
• Shots not going in in the first few minutes was deflating us, then we started to understand not to get frustrated with it.
• We started getting stops when Bakary came in the game, I'm very excited about him. He's a big presence. Even Gas, who isn't quite ready, but is a presence, I'm excited to build around those guys. That was probably the best game Bakary has played. When he got here, he'd make a million moves, now, he had one play where he didn't even dribble. What he does, you can't really coach - he's got size, he's quick, he gets every rebound in his area, extremely willing to learn, works his butt off, he's got an extremely high ceiling.
• Wisconsin forces you to make plays, they switch and they sag, with Nate, and Carlos and DeAndre…they're going by people, and they've got that one on one game, that favors them a little more. I'm excited about Nate, he's going to be a very good player.
• I don't think this year has come into play, we just came in to beat MSU, a team we haven't beat since 1997, we lost to one of the best teams in the country. We hate losing, but we'll be ready to roll on Sunday.
• Joey's playing a lot of minutes, he was getting tired. I don't like playing Bakary and Gas at the same time right now, next year I will. We just had match-up issues, Dekker over Morris, huge size issues.
• Kaminsky - he played. He was on the court, we got fortunate last year to get him in foul trouble. I personally think he's the Wooden winner. Everything he does, 7 assists, 25 points, love him. The only way to beat him, is get him on the bench somehow. Hard to do.
• I think they do a really good job…I'll say this…we expect refs to be perfect, why I don't know, they're going to miss some. It was a well officiated game. I didn't have a problem with the way it was officiated.
• Bo said to me "I'll see you at the Big 10 Tournament" I said, "I hope not, because they're really really good."
• We turned them over 9 times, he may make them walk back to Madison for that.
Here are Pitino and Ryan's notes, will have the players up shortly:
Bo Ryan:
• I'm proud of them, they have goals, I've been saying that all along. What's in a player's mind, only they know. Frank made his intentions known. Today we clinched the outright (B1G title), it was a goal, it's not like they trash talked.
• We shot it really well, and they made their explosion, and held on down the stretch
• They gained some confidence with their comeback, most players do. The other team has to be able to withstand that, and keep battling back, and that's what our guys did. If you watched 25 college games, you'd see that back and forth, the streaks, and it's nothing new, but you have to be resilient if you're on the bad end of that.
• You know how older people like myself like to say "it was a lot tougher when I was younger" it was, as far as conditioning. We try to use the inactivity really well, like timeouts, having them sit down right away.
• Pressure, because you never know how you're going to react in the road. Bronson handled everything really well, for a sophomore. Nigel did a really good job or helping, Frank beat the pressure. It's nice to have 5 guys that are comfortable handling the ball…that's why they have the record that they have right now.
Richard Pitino:
• Obviously a very very good team, aside from Kentucky, that's about impressive of a team as I've seen. In the beginning of the game, we were getting good looks, we were just missing them for some reason. I thought we were playing somewhat well, but they make you pay. Gotta give them credit.
• That's a very, very good team.
• Shots not going in in the first few minutes was deflating us, then we started to understand not to get frustrated with it.
• We started getting stops when Bakary came in the game, I'm very excited about him. He's a big presence. Even Gas, who isn't quite ready, but is a presence, I'm excited to build around those guys. That was probably the best game Bakary has played. When he got here, he'd make a million moves, now, he had one play where he didn't even dribble. What he does, you can't really coach - he's got size, he's quick, he gets every rebound in his area, extremely willing to learn, works his butt off, he's got an extremely high ceiling.
• Wisconsin forces you to make plays, they switch and they sag, with Nate, and Carlos and DeAndre…they're going by people, and they've got that one on one game, that favors them a little more. I'm excited about Nate, he's going to be a very good player.
• I don't think this year has come into play, we just came in to beat MSU, a team we haven't beat since 1997, we lost to one of the best teams in the country. We hate losing, but we'll be ready to roll on Sunday.
• Joey's playing a lot of minutes, he was getting tired. I don't like playing Bakary and Gas at the same time right now, next year I will. We just had match-up issues, Dekker over Morris, huge size issues.
• Kaminsky - he played. He was on the court, we got fortunate last year to get him in foul trouble. I personally think he's the Wooden winner. Everything he does, 7 assists, 25 points, love him. The only way to beat him, is get him on the bench somehow. Hard to do.
• I think they do a really good job…I'll say this…we expect refs to be perfect, why I don't know, they're going to miss some. It was a well officiated game. I didn't have a problem with the way it was officiated.
• Bo said to me "I'll see you at the Big 10 Tournament" I said, "I hope not, because they're really really good."
• We turned them over 9 times, he may make them walk back to Madison for that.
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