Stan Joplin
Stan Joplin
Stan Joplinis a former head men's basketball coach at the University of Toledo from 1996 to 2008...
form nice player post shoot size strength
Shane has size, strength, he can shoot from the outside, he can post up. It's nice to have a player his size who can shoot it form the outside.
close record teams winning won
The teams that have a winning record have one thing in common: they've all won those close games.
cent close juggle minutes per seems short tried
Sometimes he can only go for short periods. We've tried to juggle minutes as well as we can. Now, Anton seems to be as close to 100 per cent as he's been all season.
attacking game happy inside offense outside path post productive shots taking
We need a more productive inside game and to get more shots out of our post players. We have to find a happy medium. We're taking the path of least resistance. We have to have an inside game when our outside shots aren't falling. We're not attacking on offense like we should be.
illinois knew lived northern
I knew Northern Illinois was going to make a run. We withstood it and lived to play another day.
arm early glad happy kid late recruiting shot tried type work worked
I'm happy to get this type of kid this late in the recruiting process. We tried to get him early and things didn't work out, but we're glad things worked out in the end. It's a real shot in the arm for our program.
defensive energy liked
I really liked our defensive energy and effort. We competed with a sense of urgency.
league team
I don?t know if there has been a more tough-minded team in the league for a long time.
crowd felt lead tried
I felt the crowd was great. The crowd got into it, they tried to lead us.
akron east home instead miami rather speak state
I can't speak in general, but I know I would rather play Miami and Kent State and Akron at home instead of on the road. Obviously, on paper, the East is pretty good. They have a lot of veterans.
team tough
That's a tough group. I don't know if there's been more of a tough-minded team in the league.
energy flow good half ran stretch took
I thought we took them out of their offense. We got our energy from defense, which isn't always the case. For a long stretch in the first half we rebounded well and ran well and we got a pretty good flow going.
ball game good hand helps liked mostly passing post rarely shooting
I liked the way he was shooting mostly uncontested 3s. Rarely did he have a hand in his face. It helps when we can penetrate well, get the ball in the post and then get a good inside-outside passing game going.
best both giving good ground lack might neither played playing teams
I think both teams were playing pretty good defense. Neither team was giving ground on any possession. Defensively, this might have been the best we've played for 40 minutes. We had some breakdowns, sure, but there was no lack of effort.