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...
break game hopefully minutes start
Hopefully we can start to give him a break a little bit. But Geary's got to play 30 minutes a game for us.
pulled senior seniors time
He was guarded, he pulled it, and the senior made a big shot. That's what seniors do this time of year.
complete five four game half hard last minutes ready road second turns whatever
Whatever it is -- the last five minutes of the first half, the first four minutes of the second half -- if you're not ready to play, the game turns just like that. We've got to play a complete game. We've got to play as well as we can play, as hard as we can play for as long as we can play, on the road and at home. That's just what it is.
ball coming floor mean shots side understand
We try to get them to understand where the shots are coming from. If the ball is shot on your side of the floor and you're a guard, get to the other side of the rim. Long shots are going to mean long rebounds.
forward looking might ohio playing task tough
We're playing with more confidence, and that might be the most important thing. We know it's going to be a tough task (against Ohio State), but we're looking forward to the challenge.
might playing
We're playing with more confidence, and that might be the most important thing.
bad basically change changed four perception program three view
Basically we've started to change the view of our program nationally. We've had three or four bad years, and then I think we've changed the perception of that.
anxious team
I'm anxious to see how our team responds.
ball bit easy felt finally five game guarded last minutes pushed
I felt comfortable the whole way. I felt like we finally pushed the ball the last five minutes of the game and got some easy baskets and guarded them a little bit better.
guard guys
If we get those two guys going, we've just got to get some guard production.
I don't have any reason, there is no excuse.
breathing close possibly
I didn't want them to have that little breathing room. I wanted to try to keep this close as we possibly can.
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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.
good guards
Those two guards are very, very good for them. They make a lot of plays.