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Post game Penn State - Pitino, Murphy & Lynch himself all most impressed with 0 fouls
more so than the 11 blocks!
Here are my notes, not verbatim, with some video. Man, this team is so fun to watch and cover!
Richard Pitino:
• I think offensively, why we were pretty good was because we were rebounding the ball.
• Can you believe Reggie had no fouls? No. I can not. It's a miracle. 29 minutes, 11 blocks, and no fouls, I'll take that every night.
• That's why he chose MN, he wanted to play for his home state, to play for the name on the front of his jersey. I'm sure he's dreamed of that, walking off the court, and having the crowd chant his name.
• What's more impressive? 11 blocks or zero fouls? That's a tough question, probably 0 fouls.
• I think we can be pretty good. I think it's ok to say we're in the NCAA tournament, we'd be the 1st team to win 22 games and not get in the tournament. We're clicking, offensively getting better. It's clear guys are playing their best basketball and improving.
• We had a tough talk, I told him what I thought his game was, and he went with it. He's really evolved as a player
• People weren't throwing batteries at me, they just weren’t talking to me
• I thought it would be a big turnaround. I thought we'd really bounce back in a big way. As hard as last year was, it was good for Nate, Dupree, Bakary, and I knew the newcomers were going to help us. There hasn’t been one issue during practice, no meeting "coach, why am I not playing?" they truly care about each other's success. That's rare with young people today.
• Best crowd of the year. Our guys are responsible for that, with the way that they play, they attracted people in the stands. Winning helps obviously. More empty seats were being filled, I thought it was an awesome crowd.
• Biggest surprise? They've all been pretty good surprises, I always thought Dupree would be because he's young. I thought the newcomers would affect the team in a positive way. They don't care who gets credit, they just want to win.
• Take it one day at a time. The journey is better than the destination, don't worry about where you're going. You earned the right to play in front of a sold out crowd
• What turned this team around? Players.
• I always thought last year, we were close to breaking through, we had beaten Maryland, we had beaten Rutgers, then we had off the court issues we had to handle and it was tough.
Reggie Lynch
• We all knew we were going to be a great team before the season began, and then the 5 game losing streak happened, and we stayed connected and fought back. It shows how mentally tough we are.
• Honestly, the 0 fouls is more impressive. I know I can get 11 blocks.
• Anything you can do in practice to keep yourself from reaching? It's just a mentality, you can try to give up and not try to block anything, and I don't want to do that. It's recognizing when you need to block the shot and when you don't need to.
• We're all happy to be playing for a guy that went through a lot last year, to bounce back is something we're all very proud of.
Jordan Murphy
• We're really deep and a versatile team, sky's the limit for us.
• I think we have a lot of momentum as a team, they guys are feeling good and confident, I think that 7 game winning streak is great for us.
• I'm proud of Coach.
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more so than the 11 blocks!
Here are my notes, not verbatim, with some video. Man, this team is so fun to watch and cover!
Richard Pitino:
• I think offensively, why we were pretty good was because we were rebounding the ball.
• Can you believe Reggie had no fouls? No. I can not. It's a miracle. 29 minutes, 11 blocks, and no fouls, I'll take that every night.
• That's why he chose MN, he wanted to play for his home state, to play for the name on the front of his jersey. I'm sure he's dreamed of that, walking off the court, and having the crowd chant his name.
• What's more impressive? 11 blocks or zero fouls? That's a tough question, probably 0 fouls.
• I think we can be pretty good. I think it's ok to say we're in the NCAA tournament, we'd be the 1st team to win 22 games and not get in the tournament. We're clicking, offensively getting better. It's clear guys are playing their best basketball and improving.
• We had a tough talk, I told him what I thought his game was, and he went with it. He's really evolved as a player
• People weren't throwing batteries at me, they just weren’t talking to me
• I thought it would be a big turnaround. I thought we'd really bounce back in a big way. As hard as last year was, it was good for Nate, Dupree, Bakary, and I knew the newcomers were going to help us. There hasn’t been one issue during practice, no meeting "coach, why am I not playing?" they truly care about each other's success. That's rare with young people today.
• Best crowd of the year. Our guys are responsible for that, with the way that they play, they attracted people in the stands. Winning helps obviously. More empty seats were being filled, I thought it was an awesome crowd.
• Biggest surprise? They've all been pretty good surprises, I always thought Dupree would be because he's young. I thought the newcomers would affect the team in a positive way. They don't care who gets credit, they just want to win.
• Take it one day at a time. The journey is better than the destination, don't worry about where you're going. You earned the right to play in front of a sold out crowd
• What turned this team around? Players.
• I always thought last year, we were close to breaking through, we had beaten Maryland, we had beaten Rutgers, then we had off the court issues we had to handle and it was tough.
Reggie Lynch
• We all knew we were going to be a great team before the season began, and then the 5 game losing streak happened, and we stayed connected and fought back. It shows how mentally tough we are.
• Honestly, the 0 fouls is more impressive. I know I can get 11 blocks.
• Anything you can do in practice to keep yourself from reaching? It's just a mentality, you can try to give up and not try to block anything, and I don't want to do that. It's recognizing when you need to block the shot and when you don't need to.
• We're all happy to be playing for a guy that went through a lot last year, to bounce back is something we're all very proud of.
Jordan Murphy
• We're really deep and a versatile team, sky's the limit for us.
• I think we have a lot of momentum as a team, they guys are feeling good and confident, I think that 7 game winning streak is great for us.
• I'm proud of Coach.
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