GopherLady
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Here you go - not verbatim as always, but the general points:
Kermit Davis:
• Our team, we're a loose team, we have a lot of fun, but when you blow the whistle they are focused. There was no doubt in their mind that they were going to win the game.
• Do you think this was an upset? I don't think so, we have a lot of respect for MN, but our record speaks for itself. It was a pick'em game, I don't think our players think it's an upset by any means.
• We're a good rebounding team, it's an emphasis every time we play. The changing of defenses, it gets people sometimes. Some teams don't get in a good rhythm of offense that way.
• We're totally different than we were last year, and we were a good team last year. I took this program over 15 years ago, and my biggest goal was for this program to be like Butler. I have a ton of respect for their program. It's going to be a heck of a basketball game.
Reggie Upshaw
• Reggie Lynch in person - reminded me of our center when I was a freshman. The 1-3-1 was probably the reason we won today, it threw off their guards, it threw off Mason and he wasn't able to get in the paint and make plays for others.
• We knew if we played our game, we'd be able to walk away with the win.
JaCorey Williams
• Reggie Lynch started the game off with a great impact for the team, changed the game a bit, but when we went to the 1-3-1, that was kind of our bread and butter.
Richard Pitino:
• Give credit to MTSU, they were the better team tonight, they played extremely well. When Nate got banged up, he tried to tough it out, they got to sub and go to their bench. We cut it to 4, give them credit, we couldn’t stop them. We talked about defending and rebounding, we couldn't do either one.
• Take aways - They didn't seem effected by anything, it didn't feel a whole lot different, just the timeouts were longer, their approach was good. They ran out of gas, Nate was hurt, probably give you a little more confidence. I didn't feel like we were nervous, we just couldn’t get stops
• On Nate - He hurt his hip, I don't know when he did it, he was trying to fight through it. I thought we were attacking it pretty well in the 2nd half, we just couldn't get stops. I didn't necessarily have a problem with the offense, I had a problem with the defense. When you can't sub, it's really really hard, he needed a break.
• MTSU did a good job blocking out, they were being physical with our guys, they're a big strong physical team. They kept subbing and subbing and getting sharper
• I will - now with time, I told our guys - this tournament is tough, you do some unbelievable things over 33 games, and to flip it like we did, they deserve a lot of credit. They raised the expectation so quickly. DaVonte will be back. I looked down yesterday in practice - it will be nice going in there with some depth.
• Reggie had some silly fouls, Upshaw is just a talented players, there are a lot of teams in the Big 10
• I don't think it's serious, but I don't know…got a lot of time to recover. I expect him to play in October.
• I yelled at the ref and he gave me a technical. I deserved it.
Jordan Murphy:
• Is this a #12 seed - I don't know how they determine seeding to be honest. They're a really good team.
• Foul trouble - it affected us a lot, Reggie got 2 early ones, Eric got 2 early ones, I think I got 4. That kind of affected us.
• Akeem is one of our big leaders, he's a good shooter, it's going to affect us in some way, we tried our best without him.
• Take aways - just the whole environment, it's a pretty high intensity game. It's a different type of year. I'm going to take away a lot from this whole experience
•
Amir Coffey:
• On defenses - it kind of slows you down at 1st, so you have to make a play pretty quick
• On 4 O -boards - they boxed out well, they keyed in on that
• When within 4 - excitement, made a little bit of a comeback, tried to take it back and get the lead, but we just didn't get there
Kermit Davis:
• Our team, we're a loose team, we have a lot of fun, but when you blow the whistle they are focused. There was no doubt in their mind that they were going to win the game.
• Do you think this was an upset? I don't think so, we have a lot of respect for MN, but our record speaks for itself. It was a pick'em game, I don't think our players think it's an upset by any means.
• We're a good rebounding team, it's an emphasis every time we play. The changing of defenses, it gets people sometimes. Some teams don't get in a good rhythm of offense that way.
• We're totally different than we were last year, and we were a good team last year. I took this program over 15 years ago, and my biggest goal was for this program to be like Butler. I have a ton of respect for their program. It's going to be a heck of a basketball game.
Reggie Upshaw
• Reggie Lynch in person - reminded me of our center when I was a freshman. The 1-3-1 was probably the reason we won today, it threw off their guards, it threw off Mason and he wasn't able to get in the paint and make plays for others.
• We knew if we played our game, we'd be able to walk away with the win.
JaCorey Williams
• Reggie Lynch started the game off with a great impact for the team, changed the game a bit, but when we went to the 1-3-1, that was kind of our bread and butter.
Richard Pitino:
• Give credit to MTSU, they were the better team tonight, they played extremely well. When Nate got banged up, he tried to tough it out, they got to sub and go to their bench. We cut it to 4, give them credit, we couldn’t stop them. We talked about defending and rebounding, we couldn't do either one.
• Take aways - They didn't seem effected by anything, it didn't feel a whole lot different, just the timeouts were longer, their approach was good. They ran out of gas, Nate was hurt, probably give you a little more confidence. I didn't feel like we were nervous, we just couldn’t get stops
• On Nate - He hurt his hip, I don't know when he did it, he was trying to fight through it. I thought we were attacking it pretty well in the 2nd half, we just couldn't get stops. I didn't necessarily have a problem with the offense, I had a problem with the defense. When you can't sub, it's really really hard, he needed a break.
• MTSU did a good job blocking out, they were being physical with our guys, they're a big strong physical team. They kept subbing and subbing and getting sharper
• I will - now with time, I told our guys - this tournament is tough, you do some unbelievable things over 33 games, and to flip it like we did, they deserve a lot of credit. They raised the expectation so quickly. DaVonte will be back. I looked down yesterday in practice - it will be nice going in there with some depth.
• Reggie had some silly fouls, Upshaw is just a talented players, there are a lot of teams in the Big 10
• I don't think it's serious, but I don't know…got a lot of time to recover. I expect him to play in October.
• I yelled at the ref and he gave me a technical. I deserved it.
Jordan Murphy:
• Is this a #12 seed - I don't know how they determine seeding to be honest. They're a really good team.
• Foul trouble - it affected us a lot, Reggie got 2 early ones, Eric got 2 early ones, I think I got 4. That kind of affected us.
• Akeem is one of our big leaders, he's a good shooter, it's going to affect us in some way, we tried our best without him.
• Take aways - just the whole environment, it's a pretty high intensity game. It's a different type of year. I'm going to take away a lot from this whole experience
•
Amir Coffey:
• On defenses - it kind of slows you down at 1st, so you have to make a play pretty quick
• On 4 O -boards - they boxed out well, they keyed in on that
• When within 4 - excitement, made a little bit of a comeback, tried to take it back and get the lead, but we just didn't get there
