It's a couple of things. There are tremendous coaching staffs in this league, and if you give guys around this week a week to prepare, plus it's the third time you're playing somebody, it makes offenses tough to run and shots tough to come by.
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Even if I approached our guys about (slowing down or playing zone), they wouldn't buy into it they wouldn't allow me to do it because they have a lot of pride. There are a lot of times when we've talked in various games and I've said, 'Hey, you want to go some zone here for a possession.' Every time, they say, 'No, Coach. Put it on us. We'll guard them.' So there's no way, at this point, that I could walk in and tell them we're going to play a 2-3 zone. They would ban me.Jim Les
At this point sleep is way overrated in my opinion. What little sleep I did get last night, my wife said I had a smile on my face. ... There's plenty of time down the road for sleep, so we'll worry about that later.
Jim Les
They're just awfully talented. They're getting great production from their bench and do a number of things well. Our defense is going to be tested.
Jim Les
We're a team that makes a run at some point in the game. Unfortunately, our run came late when we had dug ourselves such a big hole.
Jim Les
Early on, we let him get going with some of his pet moves. Then he developed a ton of confidence, and even when we contested some of his shots, he knocked them in.
Jim Les
I'm probably not well-versed enough on the process other than to think that the way this team has been playing the last three or four weeks, I find it hard to believe that we're not one of the top 34 teams around the country. It's just going to make for a long week, I can tell you that.
Jim Les
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