Rick Stansbury
Rick Stansbury
Richard Lee Stansbury, is the head men's basketball coach at Western Kentucky University...
ability notch second turned
We jumped out on a 16-0 run, but I thought it was our ability to defend, too. We turned it up a notch defensively in the second half.
ability advantage guy lost score small
We lost the only advantage we had, which was ability to play small. We don't have another small guy to go score in transition.
ability awful notch proud second took
I'm awful proud of that win, especially because of the effort. I thought it was our ability to defend. I thought we took it up a notch (in) that second half.
came charles energy half kids played plays second
I thought our kids came out the second half and played at that other energy level. We made a lot of plays for Charles Rhodes.
best team weeks
I said two weeks ago they are the best team in the country.
fight fighting games home kids lives three trying
Our kids understand. They know where we're at. We've got three home games left, and two games on the road. We're just trying to fight to get better. They're fighting for their lives every game.
close miss seems state won
When State and Ole Miss play, it's always a battle. It always seems to be a close game. They won the first game. We have to find a way to play better here at home.
basketball huge
That was very important. It was huge for our basketball team, being so young, to go in with the lead.
decide start wait
We wait to get down 20, get embarrassed, before we decide to start playing.
left possibly
We left everything we possibly could on the floor.
call compliance office received tickets
When we received the call that he wanted tickets to a game, we went right to the MSU compliance office. It was all approved. That's why we did it.
best courts easy front good team
We're going to play a very good team that has one of the best front courts in this league. It won't be very easy for us.
beat cut work
We're beat up and awfully sick. We've got our work cut out for us.
difficult experience gains good leadership players providing
The pluses are that (Gordon) is a good player. He is going to be one of the better players in the league. If he gains more experience he will be really good, he has had some difficult times and has been providing good leadership as a freshman.