Dan Monson
Dan Monson
Daniel Lloyd Monsonis an American college basketball coach, the head coach at Long Beach State since April 2007. Previously he was head coach at Minnesota for over seven seasonsreaching postseason play five times. Before coaching the Gophers, he was the head coach at Gonzaga for two seasons, the last of which leading the Zags on an improbable run to the Elite Eight...
desire focus line
I thought our seniors' focus and desire was excellent. They put it on the line today, but it just wasn't enough.
believed credit game guys plan
I think it was a real credit to our guys that they believed in the game plan and how they had to play to win.
caught middle
We got caught in the middle some and they made us pay.
challenged change earlier needed
We couldn't play them the same way we did the first two times. It just wouldn't work. We needed something to change that, and we challenged Vince earlier in the week.
against confidence quality road team took win
When you have as many opportunities to win on the road against a quality team as we did and don't come out with it, that took its toll. Physically, but more importantly, emotionally. We have to get our confidence back.
prove
We think we're better, but we have to go out and prove it here.
confident good physical playing white
We're not playing good enough, and we're not confident enough right now. Purdue was tougher. We would get one shot, and Purdue got the rebound. Kiefer, White and Ware were more physical than our guys.
age believe checks posted
You have to believe in your bosses, especially in this day and age where there is so much out there that can be posted without checks and balances.
dream country team
Every team begins the year with the goal of going to the NCAA tournament. Until somebody takes that dream away, you pursue it. The reality is, we're a long way off from being in the NCAA tournament. For us to do that is a pipe dream. But if we were to win our last four, we're 8-8 in the best conference in the country. We'd have an opportunity.
senior attitude reality
You want every senior go out like the seniors did last year having the best year of their career. But that's not reality. It's not going to work that way for everybody. But I think Moe's attitude has been fantastic.
eight last obviously
We did some better things offensively. Obviously in the last eight minutes, we reverted back a little bit.
difficult five league percent shots
We have to get some shots to go in. We haven't shot 40 percent yet in five league games. That's pretty difficult to weather.
build happiest life team
We're probably the happiest 1-6 team around. We showed a little life and got back to doing some of the things we need to do to be successful. We're not happy, but hopefully, we have something we can build off of.
games win
We've got to win some games to get some confidence.