MBB: UC Irvine Quotes
12/30/14 | Men's Basketball
Head Coach Dana Altman
On Oregon's 18 turnovers...
“We had bad turnovers, fundamentally we weren't sound, which makes it even more disheartening because I think our guys know a little better than that. We just have a tremendous amount of work to do.”
On ball movement...
“We're going to see 40 minutes of zone from everybody until we bend our knees and start moving.”
“We started moving the ball pretty well, got some transition baskets and then things slowed down.”
On the change defensively in the second half...
“I think we did a little better job of slowing some dribble penetration. In the first half they got it in a number of ways.”
On finishing the nonconference schedule at 10-3...
“I didn't know where we would be, I really didn't. We have a lot of new faces. I thought our schedule was going to be really demanding. So I'm proud our guys found some ways to win some ball games, disappointed in our consistency.”
“We have to get a lot tougher, a lot more structured execution-wise.”
On Joe Young's three-pointer in overtime...
"He's been there before so we ran the play for him and hoped it would be there, and it was. That's what you hope ? your seniors will make plays."
Freshman guard Ahmaad Rorie
On the team's ball movement...
“We have to have better ball movement, everybody with their knees bent the whole time because teams are going to zone us the whole game. In practice we have to work on our ball movement and we'll be fine.”
On playing in previous overtime games...
“That helps a lot. We have to fight through adversity and all come together as a team.”
On what changed defensively in the second half...
“I feel like it was just our fight, everybody going to the defensive boards and offensive boards.”
