Will Hobbs
Will Hobbs
Will Hobbs is the author of nineteen novels for upper elementary, middle school and young adult readers, as well as two picture book stories. Hobbs credits his sense of audience to his fourteen years of teaching reading and English in southwest Colorado. When he turned to writing, he set his stories mostly in wild places he knew from firsthand experience. Hobbs has said he wants to “take young people into the outdoors and engage their sense of wonder.” Bearstone, his...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth22 August 1947
CountryUnited States of America
I thought we got out of the gate pretty early. Pops established our inside presence, which is what we wanted to do tonight due to the lack of experience among their inside guys.
I thought our team played with a great deal of effort. We had a tough mountain to try and climb today. We lost to a very good program and I thought we played as hard as we could.
I thought our defense was pretty consistent. We wanted to keep changing our defense and going between our zones and switching back to man. We wanted to keep them off balance and we didn't want Withers to get comfortable with our defenses that we were trying to throw at him.
I think we still have a way to go. I want to get to the point where we're playing at the level we need to play at. Because very shortly it's going to come down to one game, one play and that's my focus. We need to be at the level where its one play and your season is over.
I think Duke's record is 32-3. They don't have to work out any kinks.
We recruit and do things the right way.
We really missed him today, particularly just trying to establish an inside game to establish a tone. He's a hard guy to replace.
We couldn't solve that zone today. That was our problem. As a coach, I don't like to admit it, but I can't deny the truth.
We wanted to go into Pops and establish the inside position. We competed at all times, and at times our offense was magnificent.
Our program is based on developing players. Our players have improved physically and in every area of the game since they've been here. We don't get the kind of players I could recruit at Connecticut, so we have to rely on developing them. We do as good a job as anybody in the country at developing players.
It has opened more avenues to the basket for dribble penetration. We have been more efficient in our transition offense.
I thought he was fabulous. He did all the things we needed him to do to win. We needed every rebound, every basket, and what I liked was absolutely every time we needed him to score, he got a basket.
I thought he played pretty well the whole game. We went with our experience and that's what we've been doing all season. This was nothing unusual.
I would think most teams will try to go inside from an offensive standpoint because we will be down an inside defender. I think that will be the biggest challenge.