Dave Rose
Dave Rose
cause colorado court five four gotten half helping last personnel played robinson size stepped
Colorado State's personnel is a little different than when we played them last. (Freddy) Robinson is really helping them. He has stepped up the last four of five games. They have gotten a lot better in the half court defensively. Their size can cause us problems.
austin defenders fast front gets hard kid minutes point sharing stay
It is very hard for defenders to stay in front of him. He is deceptively fast for a kid as big as he is. Rashaun gets about 27 minutes a game, sharing the point with Austin Ainge.
austin came challenged coaching consistent guys hard jimmy order others people road rough tendency tonight
I told our guys I wanted them to do two things: play hard and be tough. We've had a tendency to let people get after us on the road but tonight we answered. As a coaching staff, we challenged Jimmy to play hard and he responded. I thought Austin Ainge also came in and got us going after we got off to a rough start. In order for us to be successful, we need Jimmy and others to be consistent like he was tonight.
conference focus great ncaa others paid people potential thrive time tournament year
It's a great time of year. There's a lot going on, and there's a lot of focus being paid to conference standings and potential NCAA tournament teams. It's a time of year where some people thrive and others struggle.
good hungry kids personally seem week
It's all what you make of it. I personally think the bye week is a good thing. The kids seem to get really hungry when they have a week off.
absolutely best effort far gave guys hard needed played point worked
I told them we'd come too far and worked too hard not to absolutely give our best effort out there and we needed everything we could for the remainder of the game. I don't think our guys ever did not play hard at any point in this game. We made mistakes, but they played hard and gave everything they had.
matter ready trying worrying
It's just a matter of worrying about yourselves, getting ready and trying to play hard.
both confidence experience freshman good heath league pack score scoring since
Slaughter and Heath pack a pretty good 1-2 punch. They've both got experience in this league and have been scoring for a long time. They've both started since their freshman year, and have the confidence to score at this level.
ball college confidence good obviously shoot team teams
They are obviously a really good team and especially in The Pit. They play with more confidence at home. They shoot the ball better at home. And probably like most teams in college basketball, they have a lot of confidence from their crowd.
attitudes emotional grown guys today win
You could see it in our guys' attitudes today that they were going to come out and play well. To get a big emotional win really helps. I think our guys have grown up a bit.
group guys key overcome playing plays seem team
The key for us is to play consistent. We're kind of a team that plays in spurts. We seem to be able to overcome some of those spurts at home. When we get out on the road, we need to be more consistent. When you go on the road, you have to get a group of guys playing well.
confidence guys key
The key for our guys is confidence. You get confidence with wins.
games guys last league played three time watched
The guys are learning. We had some time off (since the last game), watched some film and they know the three games we played in league were very different than the first 12.
credit played team tried
You've got to credit Houston. We tried to find film of a team that was like them that we've played and there wasn't one.