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...
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We're up two, come out, run a play, score a basket, we're up four with the ball with 18 minutes to go. And then offensively, we just go crazy and not score.
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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.
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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.
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There was no pressure on us; we're just coming down and playing. No one thought we could win, other than the 12 guys we've got and three or four coaches. There were 16 thousand people who thought Illinois would win.
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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.
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I thought that each guy contributed in a certain way.
kids played
I think we've come a long way. I think we've really improved. I think the kids played pretty well down the stretch.
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I thought we were decently sharp today. I think the kids had a little energy, a little pop to their step, and it worked out well.
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Our kids had some fun. They played with some energy and some emotion and got a couple dunks. That's the way the game needs to be played.
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Our guys gave it a great run, but we were a basket or two away from where we needed to be.
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Our guys did a great job. I'm not taking any credit.
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We really wanted to get to the free-throw line, that was one of our goals. We thought we could take them off the dribble, especially Geary, and I thought we did a pretty good job of that.
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We really moved the basketball tonight. I liked our ball movement, our spacing, and we were very patient with the basketball.
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We'll use it to our advantage. We'll work out a little bit (today) and Friday, take off Saturday and Sunday to get our legs back and recover and get ready for the tournament.