Ted Woodward
Ted Woodward
Ted Woodwardis the former head men's basketball coach for the Maine Black Bears. He took over the position vacated by John Giannini in 2004, and compiled a 117-178 in 10 seasons at the helm. He has two children with his wife, Linda...
active guards needed playing quickness three
We were very active on defense. We were playing three guards so we needed to use our quickness to get some tips. We were able to get that tonight.
basketball days five four good half playing
We were playing very good basketball four or five days ago, even in the first half of the Hartford game. We just have to get back to doing the things we do.
came credit defense effort focus good guys huge last level playing
I give our guys a lot of credit for playing to this level after the last game. We came in with a huge focus on defense and rebounding, and we had a good effort there.
shots success taking took
I think we kind of got away from some of the things that we had success from when those shots started going in. I think we took some shots we haven't been taking as much and making some turnovers.
afraid anyone good leader pride reason takes vocal
I think the reason he's such a good leader is because he does both. He's not afraid to be vocal with anyone on the team. He takes a lot of pride in not just showing, but speaking, too.
blow came forget good huge margin people team telling week
We don't have a huge margin for error. We'd been doing good things because we were progressing, but I'd been telling them all week not to forget where they came from. This is not a team that's going to go blow people out.
boards focus huge offensive struggling
That was huge for us. We've been struggling on the offensive boards and that was, again, a big focus tonight.
great happy waiting
I was very happy with how he played. We've been waiting for that and I thought he did a great job.
capability defense focus game huge last level locked ours played
We didn't feel like we played defense to our level of capability in our last game and it was a huge focus of ours to come out and do that tonight. We really locked down when we had to.
aggressive careful courts foul free terms
When you're on other people's courts sometimes, you have to be more careful in how aggressive you are. We got in foul trouble. I wouldn't say it was called any differently in terms of style. I would say they had a lot more free throws, though.
against great guys job size
We'll be going against a lot of size and those guys will have to do a great job for us.
capable chance clearly conference contend extremely favorites good hot looking played start teams whatever
For whatever reason, they haven't played as well as they did at the start of the year. In December, I thought they were clearly one of the favorites in the league, and that hasn't changed. They're an extremely talented, capable opponent, and one of those teams that is looking to get hot and have as good a chance as any to contend in the conference championship.
belongs certainly christmas defense felt focusing good helped phil played shooting since tonight
I felt like since Christmas we've played very good offensively, shooting about 50 percent, and we've been focusing on getting our defense back to where it belongs and having Phil back tonight certainly helped give us good balance.
clutch program tremendous veteran
He's been through a lot in this program and he has tremendous veteran leadership. He's always been a clutch guy.