Ron Jirsa
Ron Jirsa
Ronald Howard "Ron" Jirsais an American college basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach at Radford. He has previously been the head coach at the University of Georgia and Marshall University...
effort hard played plays shots
I think we played hard enough and with effort but we didn't make plays down the stretch. We have to make shots when we're doing the hard work.
carolina defense east fought good job played shots
You've got to give East Carolina credit. They fought us off and made shots tonight. On defense they played a zone, and I thought they did a good job with that.
adam add basketball believe enthusiasm player program spirit williams
I believe Adam Williams will personify our spirit and enthusiasm have at Marshall. He is an outstanding basketball player and will add to our program in many ways.
balance beyond chance duplicate effort gives great mix playing poise team tremendous win
They have great poise and when you mix poise with balance it gives you a chance to win every night. When you're playing a team with tremendous poise you have to have that yourself. We've got to duplicate that effort and go beyond that to get a win that's needed.
final six
Six out of six in the final minute; that's the difference. That's the difference.
gets harder hurt next push second solve
Once you solve something, it gets harder to solve the next thing. The second half, when we didn't push it up the floor, that hurt us.
hard hard-work mark patton work
Mark Patton showed us what hard work is all about.
figure glad win
I'm glad we were able to figure it out because we've been pressing for a win. Every win is so important.
across basket bigger board harder inside night perfect played players playing respond
Gomez had a perfect night. Their inside players played really well. They are bigger than we are across the board and we didn't respond by playing harder or going to the basket stronger.
beaten fact feed home
We need to feed off the fact that we've beaten them. Home or away, we're going to give our best.
hit miles moved shot step stops
We had some stops and shot well in transition. Miles moved around and hit some shots. We need the shooters to step up.
ball reason whatever
We called the play, we got the ball to Mark. For whatever reason we didn't get it in the basket, and then we didn't back on defense.
couple played shooter
We had a couple of (miscues) but we didn't let it get us down. We fouled the three-point shooter (Willingham) but we didn't let it extinguish our fire. We played well in overtime.
concerned
We're more concerned with what we're doing and how we can improve.