GopherLady
Well-known member
- Joined
- Nov 5, 2008
- Messages
- 9,302
- Reaction score
- 861
- Points
- 113
Here are the post game notes, as always, not verbatim, just catching what I can while he talks and I type. This is going to be a looooong year.
Richard Pitino
• I think we were missing shots and let it affect our D, rebounding, FT shooting, let it take our confidence away from us. When you're not making shots, gotta stay positive. Gotta give them credit, they're a good team.
• I said at the beginning of the year, I thought we were playing some tricky teams. We need to protect our home court, I know we're young a lot to learn. The rebounding is what really hurt us.
• On Jordan Murphy - I thought the only issue was that he got his shot blocked a few times, needed to go up stronger.
• (Marcus asking about Murphy starting) You ask it every day, and I'm not trying to be rude, but starting to me doesn't matter a whole lot. (He also cut him off when asking a follow-up and said "enough").
• On Dorsey - couldn't put any pressure on his heel. We thought maybe there was a chance, but he couldn't put any pressure on it during shoot around.
• Bakary doesn't have great hands just yet. It's a trust factor, he's raw. They trust when they throw it into Murphy, he's going to catch it. We're not a great shooting team and don't have a great low post presence.
• I think it was our offense was dictating our defense, they were getting down on themselves, like Nate. We were getting stops but not rebounds.
• Do you think the issue is more getting out played, or not having enough talent? Pitino: I don't know how to answer that question.
• They started off the game with a bunch of 3's. It's not perfect, we lost a lot of confidence on the court. I thought defensively, we were doing some good things, we need to rebound the ball more.
• Murph isn't a great FT shooter, but he's not bad
• They're like WI, they post up, they got us a couple times. When you don't have great depth in the front court, you get smaller.
• Guys like to see the ball going in the basket. When you lose, and you lose like this at home, it's hard, there's nowhere to hide, you're frustrated you get down on yourself. You just have to stay with it, and experience does that.
• We understood it was going to be difficult, we understood we'd be tested, I think we respect every opponent, I think guys are just getting down on themselves, it's my job to keep them positive.
Morris was playing hard, doing some good things. It's tough, but we have to give them a couple of days off.
Richard Pitino
• I think we were missing shots and let it affect our D, rebounding, FT shooting, let it take our confidence away from us. When you're not making shots, gotta stay positive. Gotta give them credit, they're a good team.
• I said at the beginning of the year, I thought we were playing some tricky teams. We need to protect our home court, I know we're young a lot to learn. The rebounding is what really hurt us.
• On Jordan Murphy - I thought the only issue was that he got his shot blocked a few times, needed to go up stronger.
• (Marcus asking about Murphy starting) You ask it every day, and I'm not trying to be rude, but starting to me doesn't matter a whole lot. (He also cut him off when asking a follow-up and said "enough").
• On Dorsey - couldn't put any pressure on his heel. We thought maybe there was a chance, but he couldn't put any pressure on it during shoot around.
• Bakary doesn't have great hands just yet. It's a trust factor, he's raw. They trust when they throw it into Murphy, he's going to catch it. We're not a great shooting team and don't have a great low post presence.
• I think it was our offense was dictating our defense, they were getting down on themselves, like Nate. We were getting stops but not rebounds.
• Do you think the issue is more getting out played, or not having enough talent? Pitino: I don't know how to answer that question.
• They started off the game with a bunch of 3's. It's not perfect, we lost a lot of confidence on the court. I thought defensively, we were doing some good things, we need to rebound the ball more.
• Murph isn't a great FT shooter, but he's not bad
• They're like WI, they post up, they got us a couple times. When you don't have great depth in the front court, you get smaller.
• Guys like to see the ball going in the basket. When you lose, and you lose like this at home, it's hard, there's nowhere to hide, you're frustrated you get down on yourself. You just have to stay with it, and experience does that.
• We understood it was going to be difficult, we understood we'd be tested, I think we respect every opponent, I think guys are just getting down on themselves, it's my job to keep them positive.
Morris was playing hard, doing some good things. It's tough, but we have to give them a couple of days off.
