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...
knows three together understand within
That's two in a row. He has to understand what he did and see if he can put it together for three straight. He has to play within the concept. He knows what we need from him.
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.
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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.
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Chris had two outstanding games. He was our leader. The Bahamian teams attacked with very quick, physical guards and it was a good challenge. In the second game he had nine assists and no turnovers. That's a great indicator of things to come.
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He won't turn 18 until July 25, or somewhere around there. He has a lot of tremendous upside. He has very big hands and can catch it. He's a very good foul shooter.
hard run stands
That run stands out a little more when you don't play hard in the first half. We should have been working the whole night.
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.