Alando Tucker
Alando Tucker
Alando Forest Tuckeris an American professional basketball player, currently playing for Maccabi Kiryat Gat of the Israeli Premier League. Tucker played five seasons at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and wore the number 42...
coming crowd media pick saw size trying wearing
We were trying to size them up. We didn't want to come out too fast. We saw where we were wearing them down. That's where we wanted to pick it up coming out of the media timeout. We really wanted to get the crowd into it and use it to our advantage.
mentally ourselves past prepare week
Once the week started, we were past it. That's what we had to prepare ourselves mentally for.
few guys hard hard-work motivation past pays work worked younger
I think it's motivation to show these younger guys that hard work pays off, to show that what we've been doing in these past few years has worked. And if it's worked in the past, it can work in the present.
closing floor
They're two freshmen, but they're out on the floor closing out the game.
alter dunk figured step
He didn't look like he was going to dunk it, so I figured I could just step in and try to alter his shot.
decent fairly job played
All together, I think we played a fairly decent job defensively.
faster forced horrible instead line played push shots trying type
The shots we took, as horrible as they were, that set it up for them to push it up faster instead of trying to make them work, get some fouls and get to the line or make some shots - and then they can't push it as fast. I think they forced us into some shots and that's their type of game...Early, that's what we did. We just played into their hands.
coming emotional game great
It was his day. He even said he kind of got emotional. You could tell he got emotional coming out of the game, and even before the game started. It's great to see that.
performance shooting worst
That has to be the worst shooting performance that I've ever seen.
confident course environment felt good season stuck
I was confident in what we had done over the course of the season that we were going to get in. I felt good about it. It's just that you're anxiously awaiting to see where you're going, what environment you're going to get stuck in.
experience great player shame
It's just a great feeling, and it's just a shame every player doesn't get to experience this.
create defending ncaa straight teams tend
The NCAA is more one-on-one. Teams are defending me straight up in a man-to-man. That's where I tend to create more.
finally
We finally put it together. We put everything together.
game plenty stick time
We just weren't finishing. But we wanted to stick with our game plan. There was plenty of time left.