Ed DeChellis
Ed DeChellis
Edward Richard DeChellisis an American college basketball coach and current head men's basketball coach at the United States Naval Academy. Previously he was the head coach at Penn State from 2003-2011 and at East Tennessee State from 1996-2003. At Penn State, DeChellis led the Nittany Lions to an NIT Title in 2009 and a NCAA Tournament berth in 2011. DeChellis' years at East Tennessee State yielded three conference division titles and one NCAA Tournament berth. He was named the head...
style
It's a completely different style of play. It's a completely different prep.
kids nice validate win
It's a very important win for us. Our kids did a nice job. But it doesn't validate our season.
fought kids
It's a very important step. The kids have fought the whole way. It hasn't been easy.
point time
It was a big play at that point and time in the game.
fell halves led tale
It was kind of a tale of two halves for us. After halftime, one thing led to another, and it fell apart.
continue hope kids opportunity
I'm not done playing. I know our kids aren't. I just hope we get an opportunity to continue to play.
coaches confidence guys jump players situation wave
It's not a situation where we don't want to play guys -- guys have to give me confidence in them to put them in the game. I'm not a guy that can jump in there, wave a wand and say, 'OK, I give you confidence.' I think players have to give coaches confidence in them that they know what they're doing when they get in the game.
believe coach finally freshmen guys hard left loaded starting terms trying win
It was hard the first two years trying to get guys to believe we could win. Guys left who didn't believe we could win or didn't want to win. We're a very young team. We're loaded with freshmen and sophomores in terms of numbers, but I think we're finally starting to coach and put some things together.
certain couple gonna level practice
I think you've got to get to a certain level in practice of a competitive spirit. If you never get there in practice for a couple days, then how are you gonna go play at that level?
chance except four gave players pressure side three
Really, the pressure was on Illinois. No one gave us a chance to win, except for the 12 players on our side and three or four coaches. They had 16,000 on their side.
against critical difference free lewis needed ron shots throws
We got our opportunities but we didn't make some critical shots and some critical free throws when we needed to. Ron Lewis made some big shots against us and that was the difference in the game.
game guys league played ready road younger
Thursday's going to be first game on the road in the Big Ten. We've got some guys that have played in the league and we've got to get the younger guys ready to go. We've got to get better.
basketball guys mixed played ready score ten
We're not ready at all. We're just not. I told those guys that defensively we're not ready. Offensively, I think we'll be able to score some points. Defensively, we're not ready for Big Ten basketball yet. In fairness, we haven't mixed things up and we've just played man-to-man defense.
chance conference game gone good hope improved kids number saw since team worthy
I think we're a very worthy team. If that's (Ohio State) the number one team in our conference ... You saw a pretty good game out there. We're a team that's improved since the year's gone on. I hope our kids get the chance to play in the NIT.