Steve Novak
Steve Novak
Steven Michael Novakis an American professional basketball player who last played for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association. He is listed as 6'10", 225 lbs. He played college basketball at Marquette University. Novak splits time at both small forward and power forward. He was the NBA regular season leader in three point percentage during the 2011–12 season...
advantage good great job maturing preparing ranked
We're really maturing as a team, we know how good we can be. When it comes to ranked teams, (we) need every advantage we can get and they (coaches) have done a great job of preparing us for these games.
everybody good job
He does a good job of getting everybody involved.
bad good learned might team together
We really learned a lot about our team. You didn't know how good or how bad you might be (but) we learned that we could come together as a team and make things click.
bit cheer demand good joke news type
He's the type of person that doesn't demand attention. He really makes you feel like he's there to make your day a little bit better, cheer you up. He's always got a little something to say, or a joke for you. He's always kind of got good news for you.
felt fortunate good healthy played
I feel like I played well. I felt good out there. I was fortunate enough to be healthy and be able to go out there and pretty much show my best.
covering early recognized
We recognized early that they weren't covering our handoffs as well, and we were able to get a lot of buckets off of handoffs.
girls
I think girls are probably just better shooters.
believes everybody question shots stepping taking team
Joe's been stepping up all year, taking big shots and making big shots. There is no question everybody on the team believes in him.
felt open shot wide
It felt good. I was wide open, and it was probably the first open shot I had all night.
next
We need to keep getting better. There is no next year.
compete east impress knew level next rankings since winning
We need to keep getting better. Rankings aren't what we can decide. Winning these is the only way we can impress these people. We need to win the Big East now. There is no next year. We knew we (could) compete at this level since the beginning.
change guess sure
I guess I'm not really sure what I'd change about it. Some go down, some don't.
change guess huge obviously open shot sure
I guess I'm not really sure what I'd change about it. Obviously it didn't fall. It was probably the first open shot I had all night. So, I mean, some go down, some don't. It was obviously a huge shot.
shot
I got the shot we wanted. It just wouldn't go down.