Donald Copeland
Donald Copeland
good knowledge life man program
He's done so much for me. He's good for the program and does everything in life by the book. He's a good man with a good knowledge of basketball, but more importantly, he's just a very good man.
across looked mother season stands tough
I looked over at my mother across in the stands and she just looked at me. It was disappointing. It's tough to have a season end like this.
came points team tough tried
If we guard, we're a tough team to beat, because we're able to put points on the board. Really, it just came down to us getting stops, and if they tried to make a run, we had to answer.
effort finally forth good playing
We've finally put things together. We just had to put forth the effort and show people. Now we're playing well and getting some recognition, it makes you feel good about yourself.
came coming definitely hurt since
He was definitely down. Especially since they came so close. It has to hurt more coming so close.
coming east florida game losses pick positive south struggling team thick three tonight wide
This was very big. South Florida is a team that's struggling right now. It's a game we needed, coming off three losses in a row. Tonight got us back into the thick of things. The Big east is wide open. We can pick up things from here and go on in a positive way.
best finished league mean seventh talent
We finished seventh in a league of 16 teams, the best league in the country. You finish in the first half, it's got to mean something, especially with the talent of the Big East.
clears guys pushing shots work
We got a lot of shots up, put in a lot of work offensively. We had some real competitive practices, guys really going at each other and pushing each other real hard. Something like that clears things up.
game guys kelly knew ncaa sure tournament
We want to play in the NCAA Tournament so this game was huge. Kelly and I had to make sure the other guys knew we couldn't ever quit. We huddled when we had to let them know. We had to want it more.
built strong tonight
We feel we've built a strong enough resume. You can't let tonight take that away.
finished key regular seven strong top wins year
We feel we have a strong enough resume. We finished in the top seven in our league. We had key wins this year ... you can't take anything away from what we did in the regular season.
built finished key seven strong tonight top wins
We feel we built a strong enough resume. We finished top seven in our league, we got some key wins down the stretch. You can't let tonight take that away.
best defensive expecting losing offensive win wind
You go in expecting to win the game, and you wind up losing and losing by 20. It wasn't our best defensive or offensive day. We didn't have it today.
bad good win
We didn't play as well as we usually have been playing, but it's a win. We're on the road. If you can play bad and win on the road, you're a pretty good team.