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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I thought that each guy contributed in a certain way.
basket gave great guys needed
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.
freshmen guys
Our freshmen will be stronger, tougher, better, our sophomores will become juniors. We'll have some guys who have been through the wars.
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I think guys feed off of that. When he's having success, and he's playing well, I think he's even more vocal.
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It all comes back to the energy and the pop you have. Either you're gonna find the guy or you're not.
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We're not ready at all. We're just not. I told those guys that defensively we're not ready. Offensively, I think we'll be able to score some points. Defensively, we're not ready for Big Ten basketball yet. In fairness, we haven't mixed things up and we've just played man-to-man defense.
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Three of those guys are fifth-year guys. We're not that. Sometimes experience plays a critical part in this thing.
guard guys
If we get those two guys going, we've just got to get some guard production.
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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.
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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.
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No one thought we could win except the 12 guys we have and three coaches. There was more pressure on their side.
guys realize slip trying
The thing I'm trying to get these guys to realize is that we've had some opportunities that we really let slip by.
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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.