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...
either energy gonna guy pop
It all comes back to the energy and the pop you have. Either you're gonna find the guy or you're not.
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.
heading looking numbers shows
Just looking at the numbers shows we're heading in the right direction.
building hard illinois indiana lead monday talked team tried understand win work
I talked to the team about building on the Indiana win. We didn't do that (after) the Illinois win. I tried to get them to under one win can lead to another win, and we'll work hard Monday to understand that this win could lead to another win.
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.
magic number picture playing talked team
We haven't talked about the big picture or that we wanted to get to 14 (wins). There's no magic number I want to get to, I just want to try to keep our team playing better and improving.
classes ourselves recruiting
Long-term, I think it's important for us. We started all over, and in two recruiting classes we've been able to put ourselves in postseason play.
expect great half players second understand
The players understand they didn't play a great second half. It's not the way we have to play in the Big Ten. You can't play one half and expect to win.
close continue defense figure good post starts
We've got to figure out a way, but obviously, post defense starts with good perimeter defense. We've just got to continue to show improvement. We're not close to where we need to be offensively or defensively.
chance competing continue good win
We've come a long, long way from really not competing to competing and having a chance to win games. Hopefully, good things will continue for us on the horizon.
hanging kept
We were very resilient. We just kept hanging in there and hanging in there.
brown chance hard hit lead needed second shot
We competed hard and had a chance to win. We had the lead and couldn't hit a shot when we needed it. And we couldn't find Shannon Brown in the second half.
built foundation positive sides
There are a lot of positive things you can look at. We've built a foundation and now have put the sides up. We just have to keep moving.
critical experience guys plays three
Three of those guys are fifth-year guys. We're not that. Sometimes experience plays a critical part in this thing.