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...
advantage believe couple excited felt good guys improved job opportunity realized several taking throughout year
Guys were excited to get back to work. We thought we improved as a program, but no one is satisfied, believe me. Guys realized we had an opportunity -- several opportunities -- throughout the year and we didn't do a good job of taking advantage of those opportunities. We felt like we should have had a couple more wins.
couple hard home impressed played record
I'm impressed with how hard they play. They're better than their record shows; they've only played a couple home games.
aware care shots somebody
He's somebody we've got to be aware of and guard. I don't care how many shots he's made recently.
anxious team
I'm anxious to see how our team responds.
confidence days eight forward good kids looking played three
I thought defensively, we were very, very good this afternoon. We've been off for eight days, but I thought our kids played with a lot of confidence tonight. We've had three very good days of practice, and they were looking forward to the tournament.
certain guy
I thought that each guy contributed in a certain way.
crowd either good kinda shot waited wanna
I didn't know when the shot went in if it was good or not, and I didn't even wanna look either -- I just kinda waited for the crowd reaction.
leadership ok
The leadership is OK when things are going OK. When things aren't going so well, we get pretty quiet.
days next trying
The next 6-7 days are about us trying to show improvement.
along helped helps month morale start team wears win
I think it's been a different team and different feel from start to finish. It helps when you win some games, too, along the way. You don't have those stretches where you don't win for a month and it just wears on you. So I think that has helped our morale tremendously.
beginning concern highlight last nice practice road seven situation trying win
My big concern now is, we can't let a situation where we had a nice win on the road be the highlight of the season. Beginning today, we need to refocus on what we're all about and that's the last seven games, and trying to get better in practice every day.
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.
style
It's a completely different style of play. It's a completely different prep.
critical good happen needed run shots
For 35 minutes, we were in good shape. We made a very good run at this thing, but it just didn't happen for us. ... We had our opportunities but didn't make some critical shots when we needed to.