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...
missing tired
We weren't tired -- we were just missing shots.
empty running straight towards
We went 15 straight weeks. We were kind of running on empty towards the end.
brown chance credit good lead needed second shot shots zone
We had the lead back-and-forth in the second half, and I thought we had a chance to win. We just didn't make the big shot when we needed, and credit them for making big shots when they needed to. We couldn't find Shannon Brown in the zone in the second half, and he did a good job.
challenged couple good guard hit job jump
We challenged their shooters well, (freshman guard Bobby) Riddell hit a couple at the end, but I think we did a good job of challenging their jump shooters.
gotta
You gotta go in there, and you gotta go swing.
starting tournament
You get in a tournament like this, everybody's 0-0. Everybody's starting in the same position.
experience good guys rhythm shape shot stepped three
We were in pretty good shape at that point. But they got in a rhythm and have the experience over us. Three of those guys are fifth-year seniors. We are not that. They've got some experienced guys who stepped up and made some big plays. They just shot over us and made some big baskets.
court front
You can look at our front court all you want, but our back court didn't score.
needed pick wins
We've had some wins to kind of pick us up when we needed it.
bit home sharper
Everything they do at home is a little bit quicker, a little bit sharper than on the road.
cover crazy game gotta number
Two of them are in the game at all times. We gotta cover those two guys, but it's not like it's a crazy number of threes they're making.
closer game gets kept maybe start
As the game gets closer and closer, the rim gets a little smaller. We kept inching, inching, inching, and maybe they start to play a little tighter. The pressure's all on them.
needed pressure steals tried
We tried to get some steals from the pressure because we needed to get more possessions.
closer good needed player shots
We just needed to get closer to him. He had uncontested shots in the first half, and he's too good a player to do that.