Stan Joplin
Stan Joplin
Stan Joplinis a former head men's basketball coach at the University of Toledo from 1996 to 2008...
league team
I don?t know if there has been a more tough-minded team in the league for a long time.
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.
balls fresh good great guys hustle jonathan loose shooter work
He's a great shooter and we wanted to make him work for everything. So we always had fresh guys on him - Justin, Sammy Villegas, Ridley Johnson, Jonathan Amos, probably some others, too. They did a good job. I thought we got most of the loose balls and hustle points.
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.
illinois knew lived northern
I knew Northern Illinois was going to make a run. We withstood it and lived to play another day.
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.
crowd felt lead tried
I felt the crowd was great. The crowd got into it, they tried to lead us.
control defense except game good half inside night
I thought our defense was pretty good in the first half except we fouled too much. I thought we were in control of the game for the most part. We wanted to go inside and we did that with Tino having a good night down low.
ball continue defense giving helped post swinging taking
He's been taking what the defense is giving him, and it's helped him that we're getting the ball into the post and swinging the ball. If we can continue to play that way, it's really going to help him.
confidence needed needless
Needless to say, we needed this one bad. We needed a confidence builder.
team tough
That's a tough group. I don't know if there's been more of a tough-minded team in the league.
close record teams winning won
The teams that have a winning record have one thing in common: they've all won those close games.
good ourselves
We wanted to feel good about ourselves after this game. So I think they feel good about themselves.
against came dared good hands shooting
We came out on their shooters with our hands down and dared them to make 3's, and you can't do that against a good shooting team.