Riley Wallace
Riley Wallace
Robert Riley Wallaceis a retired American basketball coach who was most recently head men's basketball coach at the University of Hawaii at Manoa...
cling fatigue helping instead man playing team tendency
When that fatigue hits, you have a tendency to cling to your man instead of helping and playing team defense.
forward games home left looking needs regular road seven team wants win
We have only seven games left in the regular season, and we can't keep looking forward only to the home games. This team needs to win on the road if it wants to get recognized.
chance game last pace win
You just want to have a chance to win the game at the end. So we want the game to be at the same pace as the last time.
against matter nevada realized saw struggled team wins woke
Wins are always OK, no matter what they look like. I realized that when I woke up (yesterday) and saw that Nevada struggled the same way we did against a team from that same conference.
accept guys harder knowing plays role takes time took works
Some guys don't accept their role. He took his role and takes off, knowing the better he plays and the harder he works the more time he'll get. That's how it works.
interested
Nate was very interested in him, so he interviewed me about Bob.
good
That was just a good old ass-kicking. We don't get those too often.
afraid team
That's the kind of team you're afraid of because you don't know which one will show up.
again showing talk tougher
We always talk about how much tougher things are on the road. Well, it's showing again right here.
worry
We'll worry about that when it comes around. I don't know much about them right now.
believe came coming energy last road roses smell starting
We had so much energy the last two days, I couldn't believe we just came off the road trip. I said they're starting to smell the roses ? they feel the end coming here.
hopefully hotel near pulled pulling
We're pulling out all the stops. It was right near the hotel when we pulled up so hopefully that was a sign.
attitude win
You have to be good, but you have to be lucky, too. And you have to believe. You have to go in with the attitude that you can win it.
broke came focused game middle plan ready
We came in here focused and ready to win, but we just broke down in our game plan in the middle stretches there and let them get away.