Any time you play Temple, there are two numbers you have to look at right way. You look at your turnovers, 19, and their offensive rebounds, 13. To me, that was the whole game.
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For like a three-year period, we saw each other maybe 350 days out of 365. We were both newly married and no children, and we were just trying to chase basketball.Phil Martelli
You don't have throw him the ball, you don't have to run a play, and you don't have to run screens for him -- he scores without the ball. And he's comfortable with the physical nature of the game some big guys in college look for a foul on every play, but he just plays through that.
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He is the best player in college basketball, because he's the best leader in college basketball.
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I was very proud of the emotional response. I knew it would be a challenge, but I didn't go in with any preconceived notions. I just tried to study their eyes and their body language.
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You know it's coming. You know they're going to go on a run You watch enough of their games and you know it's going to happen. I've watched six of their games and I knew what was coming. You just hope you have the plays in your repertoire to withstand it. We didn't. It got away from us.
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There is a certain arrogance that still says, 'How can anybody beat us at our own game.' Well, they have. We have to be more diligent throughout our program, understanding the nuances of international basketball.
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