Greg Paulus
Greg Paulus
Gregory Russell Paulusis an assistant coach for the Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team. Paulus is a former multi-sport athlete, playing college basketball as a point guard on the Duke University men's team and later football at Syracuse University as a quarterback after graduating from Duke...
gave line
I actually thought they gave us the timeout. But I'll take J.J. at the line any time.
brings closer finish game hit plays stops together
It makes us finish a game down the stretch. J.J. hit a big shot, we had to get (defensive) stops together and that brings us closer together. We had to make game-winning plays and that's what happened.
crowds great lee natural sure telling
Lee is a natural leader. He's been great to me, just telling me crowds are going to say this, or they're going to try to do this. He just makes sure you're doing your thing.
considered great guess happens highest last time
If it happens for more years down the road, I guess it would be considered a rivalry. But they're a great team, and every time we play them, it's going down to the wire, to the last possession. It was intense; it was heated. It was at the highest level.
case couple equal everybody opportunity situation time
It was different the first couple of possessions not having the two of them. Most of the time when we practice, we try to get everybody equal opportunity in case a situation like this arises.
emphasis guys screen sets teams tough whoever wide
Sometimes guys put so much emphasis on J.J. that whoever sets the screen for him is going to be wide open. That can be a very tough play for teams to stop.
couple help needed tried
It was different the first couple of possessions not to have the two of them. ... We needed to be more aggressive, but we also needed to help each other out, and that's what we tried to do.
confident early feeling four great hit knew looks misses potential problems row whenever
He had some great looks early and he'll be the first one to tell you that. He has been feeling confident in practice, so we knew he was going to have a break-out game. Whenever he misses four in a row you know he has the potential to hit four in a row. We had no problems with his misses.
felt good preparing
We've been preparing for this all year. I felt comfortable, and I thought we were good from the get-go.
collapse fight kick played screens tried zone
We tried to penetrate and then we'd kick it back out, fight through their screens and try to let their zone collapse but they played well on defense.
gave hug mix proud throw water
We thought we'd mix it up a little bit. Sometimes we throw water on him. Sometimes it's Gatorade. This time, we just let it be and gave him a hug and said congratulations. But we're very proud of what he's done.