Oliver Purnell
Oliver Purnell
Oliver Gordon Purnell, Jr.is an American college basketball coach. He was most recently the head coach at DePaul University. Purnell previously served as the head coach for Clemson University, the University of Dayton, Old Dominion University, and Radford University...
certainly game point regroup toward win year
I think we most certainly will probably be in the NIT. We've got to find a way like we have all year long to go back, regroup and point toward a goal, which would be to win a first-round game in the NIT.
run winning
I think we will probably be in the NIT. It's disappointing we didn't make a run at winning (the ACC) tournament.
catch cold defensive focus learned lesson lose painful shooting teams
We've learned a painful lesson here today. That is if you lose focus on the defensive end of the floor, teams can catch you, particularly a team that was as cold shooting as we were.
access candidates final four hiring obviously process qualified start
I will start the process of hiring a replacement immediately. I obviously will have access to a lot of qualified candidates who are here at the Final Four in Indianapolis this weekend.
hold run toughness
It exemplifies toughness. They make a run at you and you make a toughness play or two to hold them off.
adjust change game map might road
We've got to change and adjust - every game might have a little different road map to it.
playing talented
Thornton has really been playing well, but they've got so many talented players.
chance couple days helps hone opponent practice talk team
We had a chance to talk as a team a couple of days ago and our team was disappointed and frustrated. We've had two days to practice and re-focus. To be able to hone in on an opponent helps us even more.
behind crew front mentally physically sharp
We were not mentally sharp or physically sharp, but you have to give Ernie and his crew a lot of credit. We've got to put this behind us because we've got the ACC in front of us.
defensive eight focus learned led lesson lose painful shots steals teams
We learned a painful lesson here today. If you lose focus on the defensive end of the floor, teams can get you. They only had eight steals but all eight of them led to shots we couldn't defend.
cold nights stone
We had one of those nights where we went stone cold for three-quarters of the game. We just couldn't score.
basketball cold defense giving happens horribly nights played score stone zone
We had one of those nights in basketball where we went stone cold for three-quarters of the game, and we couldn't really score ... we just couldn't score. I don't really want to say we played that horribly without giving Miami's defense credit, because they played pretty good. It was just one of those nights. It happens to you now and then in coaching, but give Miami's zone defense credit.
indication james mays returning
We still have every indication that James Mays will be returning this summer.
ahead challenge definitely erase says scouting team
I don't think we want to erase it. It definitely says to our team that we have a real challenge ahead of us. We want to use it for scouting purposes. We don't want to erase any part of the season.