GopherLady
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Here are my quick notes from the post game presser and player availability:
Oto Osenieks:
On Joey King - Hopefully he'll be alright, he's a tough kid.*
Coach Pitino told me I don't need to worry about my offense, it will come eventually if I play good D
Last year I played the 3, so people were much faster than me, now at the 4 I'm much more comfortable
Austin Hollins:
We finally got some energy and intensity, that's what helped us pull away.
We needed to get back to playing defense.*
I think I was trying to attack a little more, we got more out on the break in the 2nd half.*
Andre Hollins:
I'm feeling alright, I think it's just a bruise on Joey King, nothing too serious
Feels good about 900 points...we need to do a better job defensively
We have to give them credit, they got shots, we didn't finish them off, we did do a good job of getting them out of their offense.*
Elliott Eliason:
There was a lack of defensive effort, that was the story of the night.
We have to come in tomorrow and work our butts off. We need to sprint out if we press, myself included.
At halftime Pitino talked about how disappointed he was with the effort, he expects a lot more of us
We need to work on Communication - it was my fault a few times in the zone, I need to be quarterback.*
Richard Pitino:
• It wasn't a great performance defensively, but we got the win. I was worried about having a letdown after the Richmond game. We just need to learn from it, we've got one day prep for Wofford. We'll address the immediate defensive concerns, we'll watch film tonight and work on that tomorrow.
• We're going to wait until tomorrow, we're not sure what it is just yet, hopefully it's nothing too serious. But yes, we're undermanned especially in the front court.
• CCU made good plays, I just didn't like the energy, I didn't think it was great. I wanted them to know that we need to tighten everything up.
• They were good in practice, but I was concerned with the mental lapse. They have been professional and mature, but sometimes it's tough to get them going on certain nights. I don't think their effort was bad, it's just that their mental sharpness wasn't great.
• Mathieu should always be able to effect the game, he can always bring something because of his speed. We sped them up, we didn't do a great job after that.
• On Oto - he should be very confident because he's playing really hard. I think a lot of that is that he knows he's going to play, so he's going to be much more confident.
• Elliott and Oto are playing really hard. Elliott played 34 minutes, we could have used Joey King.
• I don't plan on playing Elliott 34 minutes a game, it's because Joey King got hurt. But I do worry about everything, that's the way it is as a coach.
Oto Osenieks:
On Joey King - Hopefully he'll be alright, he's a tough kid.*
Coach Pitino told me I don't need to worry about my offense, it will come eventually if I play good D
Last year I played the 3, so people were much faster than me, now at the 4 I'm much more comfortable
Austin Hollins:
We finally got some energy and intensity, that's what helped us pull away.
We needed to get back to playing defense.*
I think I was trying to attack a little more, we got more out on the break in the 2nd half.*
Andre Hollins:
I'm feeling alright, I think it's just a bruise on Joey King, nothing too serious
Feels good about 900 points...we need to do a better job defensively
We have to give them credit, they got shots, we didn't finish them off, we did do a good job of getting them out of their offense.*
Elliott Eliason:
There was a lack of defensive effort, that was the story of the night.
We have to come in tomorrow and work our butts off. We need to sprint out if we press, myself included.
At halftime Pitino talked about how disappointed he was with the effort, he expects a lot more of us
We need to work on Communication - it was my fault a few times in the zone, I need to be quarterback.*
Richard Pitino:
• It wasn't a great performance defensively, but we got the win. I was worried about having a letdown after the Richmond game. We just need to learn from it, we've got one day prep for Wofford. We'll address the immediate defensive concerns, we'll watch film tonight and work on that tomorrow.
• We're going to wait until tomorrow, we're not sure what it is just yet, hopefully it's nothing too serious. But yes, we're undermanned especially in the front court.
• CCU made good plays, I just didn't like the energy, I didn't think it was great. I wanted them to know that we need to tighten everything up.
• They were good in practice, but I was concerned with the mental lapse. They have been professional and mature, but sometimes it's tough to get them going on certain nights. I don't think their effort was bad, it's just that their mental sharpness wasn't great.
• Mathieu should always be able to effect the game, he can always bring something because of his speed. We sped them up, we didn't do a great job after that.
• On Oto - he should be very confident because he's playing really hard. I think a lot of that is that he knows he's going to play, so he's going to be much more confident.
• Elliott and Oto are playing really hard. Elliott played 34 minutes, we could have used Joey King.
• I don't plan on playing Elliott 34 minutes a game, it's because Joey King got hurt. But I do worry about everything, that's the way it is as a coach.
