Stan Joplin
Stan Joplin
Stan Joplinis a former head men's basketball coach at the University of Toledo from 1996 to 2008...
nice shared
We really shared the basketball. It was nice to see that balance.
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.
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.
good ourselves
We wanted to feel good about ourselves after this game. So I think they feel good about themselves.
everybody flipped looking saying state supposed
We kind of flipped the script. Everybody was saying we weren't supposed to be here and were looking for an Akron-Kent State final.
coming learned players short
We learned a lot from coming up short in a lot of those games. The mind-set of the players is just better.
goes guy hard rebound shot surprised
We got the look we wanted at the end and Ridley is a guy who always goes hard to the basket. I wasn't surprised at all to see him come up with that big rebound and shot at the end.
attention ball defense good inside job jump keeps kicking open position quickness somebody using
Tino just keeps getting better and better. He's getting the ball in good position and using his quickness to the basket. He's getting a lot of attention inside and when the defense has an edge, he does a good job of kicking it back out to give somebody an open jump shot.
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.
We better get used to it, because I think with this team, this is the way it's going to be.
ball happen left shoot time worst
We wanted to use all of it, to shoot the ball with very little time left so that the worst thing that could happen was overtime.
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.
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.
behind bring jump pressure turn wear
We like to wear out the point. We want to jump out on him, turn him, and then bring pressure from behind and try to get some tipped balls.