Andy Kennedy
Andy Kennedy
attacking balls came loose seemed step
We always seemed to be a step slow. They came up with loose balls and really started attacking us. ... We were on our heels.
attacking both certainly country face hopeful hopefully job learned runs team until
I'm hopeful we learned some things from it. I don't know of another team in the country that runs that 1-3-1 (zone), and certainly no one runs it as well. You try to simulate it and until you face it, so hopefully both as a staff, and more importantly as players, we'll do a better job of attacking it.
abundance
Play fast, play athletic. You may not always have a 6-10 kid, but there's an abundance of kids, 6-4 to 6-7, that are interchangeable parts.
eventually looking recruiting shaving
Recruiting is like shaving - you had better do it every day, or you will eventually end up looking like a bum.
dependent exceeded happens plays tough unfair
I think he's exceeded expectations when you look at what he's done. But it's unfair that we've had to be so dependent upon him. When he plays well, we're a tough out. When he does not play well, which happens as a freshman, we struggle.
against coach courage decided fitting game man shows took tribute
I thought it took a lot of courage for coach to come. It shows you what kind of man he is. It's a tribute to these seniors. They wanted him to come. I thought it was fitting going against his alma mater in a game that decided our season.
continue doubt hurt next
We'll continue to be the same team. I don't have any doubt about that. We will hurt from this, we will regroup, and we will go and take on our next challenge.
couple eric fortunate guys needed played production step
We needed him to step up. He and Eric (Hicks), out of our core, played really well (against Villanova). We didn't get production we needed out of a couple of guys. We were fortunate to be in it down the stretch. It's been different guys on different nights. We've had some guys be more consistent.
responsibility safety risk
Companies are increasingly taking responsibility for the safety of the food they sell, rather than risk their brand on a large recall.
opportunity second-chance glasses
I know what we can control, we can control our effort and we can control our approach. We do what we're supposed to do to get some second-chance points off the offensive glass, maybe our pressure can get us some easy opportunities in the open floor and we've got to capitalize.
thinking levels want
I think we've put ourselves in a position that if we can go into the Big East and compete at the level that we aspire to compete at, we'll get out of this what we want.
team fall adversity
People realize that we're certainly faced with an abnormal amount of adversity. The Cincinnati faithful is still going through a healing process with what transpired with Coach Huggins in the fall. But over the 20 games they've seen this team, I think they appreciate the fact that this team continues to fight, even though they're not always happy with the result.
country team reality
It's just the way we've chosen to deal with it. What's there to talk about The reality is that we're undermanned in a lot of areas. We're in the best league in the country. We don't have to read the paper to know that all the teams we play are quality teams.
confidence east felt hold ourselves road thinking trying ultimate ultimately unless win
I felt as if we were just trying to hold on, thinking we were going to back ourselves into a road win in the Big East Conference. It's not going to happen. Unless we play aggressive, with confidence and as if we have something to play for, which is our ultimate goal, ultimately you get what you deserve.