Post-game quotes

by **PonyPride** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 3:20 pm

COACH BROWN: We got outplayed. You know, when you go 4 for 19 the second half and we missed a bunch of free throws late, I don't think you're going to win many games.

You gotta give them credit. We had pretty good control of the first half. We talked about winning the first five minutes, and I just thought they punched us in the mouth and we just didn't respond very well.
Their guard, L.J. Rose, controlled the game, played great. TaShawn Thomas when the game was on the line, played great. You gotta give them credit. They made the plays that were necessary. They made the shots when it counted and I think they had the confidence that they could beat us. We have had a lot of games like this, where we have had some adversity happen and we haven't handled it very well, and this was a typical one of those performances.

Q. Coach, how much did lack of experience, playing this late into the season with these expectations of being a ranked team, did that play any factor in the game?

COACH BROWN: I don't think so. I think it is true we haven't been in big games. It's obvious we have had a hard time handling games when we have gotten behind or had some difficulty, but we had great shots. Marcus hits a 3 at the end of the game but other than that we're 4 for 19 and I don't think one of those shots was guarded. TaShawn Thomas makes a great block at the end, we're 14 for 15 from the free-throw line. Game is on the line and we're missing free throws. The biggest thing is their "will" was greater than ours. I don't think it's about experience or anything.

This is part of our building process. We have to develop a trust factor in one another and I don't think we've gotten there yet.

Q. Markus, how is the ankle? You did tweak it during the second half, did it feel any better as the game progressed?

MARKUS KENNEDY: It still hurt, but there is no excuse for playing and losing the game. I asked to come back in the game and I was ready. This is a mind-set. My ankle hurts but it wasn't enough to keep me out of the game and I asked to come back in and I came back in and I felt I was ready to play.

Q. Coach, three straight losses, not exactly how you want to finish the regular season. Can you talk about how you go into the NCAA Tournament?

COACH BROWN: I'm not thinking about that. I'm just disappointed because the same stuff happens over and over again. Things don't always go right, you know, and it's how you handle situations, that's what I'm concerned about.

We lost to two great teams at the end of the season. I don't think anybody is going to look at a Louisville or a Memphis loss and be worried, but I kinda had it in my gut what was going to happen today. Houston, I thought, felt they could win. I was thrilled the way we finished the half. Kinda felt, you know, maybe we started to understand that every possession matters and every possession defensively is important. But, again, we didn't handle it but we got four days, five days to work on things and get better, and I'm confident we will be ready when we have an opportunity to play again.

Q. Nick, when you guys got up 10 in the second half, were you feeling confident that things were going to go your way?

NICK RUSSELL: I knew they wasn't going to give up and we was going to start the battle for the second half, 20 minutes. We said that we had to come out and win the first five minutes but they came out stronger than us.

by **b_caesar** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 3:24 pm

"Game is on the line and we're missing free throws."

This.

by **East Coast Mustang** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 3:26 pm

"We played like [deleted]."
-East Coast Mustang

by **ponyscott** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 3:30 pm

These are sound bites that I am tired of hearing...make certain that they ARE tough minded...LB is purely getting out coached, as he is NOT getting the SMU players ready for game time.

by **fifty** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 3:45 pm

Would you rather have Doh? Holy hell...

by **East Coast Mustang** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 3:48 pm

Seriously- Larry can't coach Nic shooting 0-9. If Nic's shots aren't falling, we probably aren't winning

by **LHS81** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 3:49 pm

ponyscott wrote:These are sound bites that I am tired of hearing...make certain that they ARE tough minded...LB is purely getting out coached, as he is NOT getting the SMU players ready for game time.

by **Pony147** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 3:58 pm

East Coast Mustang wrote:Seriously- Larry can't coach Nic shooting 0-9. If Nic's shots aren't falling, we probably aren't winning

This. When your best player doesn't make a shot from the floor, you are in trouble

by **ponyscott** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 4:00 pm

Hey guys alll coaches make mistakes, even Hall of Famers and even LB is admitting he is. WTF with Doh?.....no you can't coach shooting in the game but you coach when and where to take the shots, substitution patterns, changing defensive patterns, covering perimeter defense better, as that rotation is what is killing SMU...we can't cover outside shooting so correct the players and/or the defense. Have they been ready to play?....even he is admitting they aren't....they did NOT come out tough at all in the last 3 games. The last three teams plain took SMU to the woodshed.
If you can't hit the outside shots, than adjust and attack the paint and the pass down to the blocks...

by **EastStang** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 4:02 pm

Miss free throws down the stretch and can't hit open looks the entire 2nd half. You don't win. Should have won by 10. Oh well.

by **Rebel10** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 5:08 pm

ponyscott wrote:Hey guys alll coaches make mistakes, even Hall of Famers and even LB is admitting he is. WTF with Doh?.....no you can't coach shooting in the game but you coach when and where to take the shots, substitution patterns, changing defensive patterns, covering perimeter defense better, as that rotation is what is killing SMU...we can't cover outside shooting so correct the players and/or the defense. Have they been ready to play?....even he is admitting they aren't....they did NOT come out tough at all in the last 3 games. The last three teams plain took SMU to the woodshed.
If you can't hit the outside shots, than adjust and attack the paint and the pass down to the blocks...

They were trying to pass the ball down on the blocks but our bigs had their shots blocked more than one time down low.

by **max the wonder dog** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 5:13 pm

Our players were taking good shots in the 2nd half, most days their % would be closer to 50 than 20 and we would have won. I think analyst Jerry Reed has the best take -- when you're hot you're hot, when you're not you're not.

by **JasonB** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 5:23 pm

Three straight games we are killed by transition defense and defense on the perimeter. That is why I think something is still wrong with Nic.

by **Rebel10** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 5:27 pm

JasonB wrote:Three straight games we are killed by transition defense and defense on the perimeter. That is why I think something is still wrong with Nic.

Nic was not the one getting beat as much. Manuel got lit up.

by **ponyscott** » Thu Mar 13, 2014 7:35 pm

Change it up some...run a 1-3-1 on the UH guards to close them out on their 3's for a few minutes...Mix it up...get them out of their rhythm. When you are not hitting your outside shots ...attack...go inside. Bring Yannick in....change it up. It wasn't working...

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