“That’s a really good win for us. We were obviously not very good in the first half. We couldn’t make a shot and we let it affect our defense.”
At halftime: “I walked in and said, ‘I don’t know what I’ve done to you guys, but we’re going to make a pact: let’s just try to have fun.'”…. “It was really that simple.”
“Crowd in second half was tremendous.”
“We really guarded in the second half.”
“It’s not a relief. It gives me hope.”
Dez in second half: “He tried in the first half but couldn’t finish. He let his offense affect his defense. He got Connaughton going.”
“I looked at him at halftime and said, ‘Dez you have to play better.'”
“Nick Faust was tremendous. I couldn’t take him out he was so good on defense.”
On Seth Allen: “He’s definitely the x-factor. Hopefully he can be an x-factor on the road for us. That is what we need him to be.”… tweaked his foot yesterday but it was OK today
“You hope Florida State was our low point. You hope.”
Shaq finishing: “How fun was that? It was Shaq’s night.”… “On one possession he was open for like 16 seconds before Jake found him. That’s kind of where we are right now.”
“As a coach you try not to panic. I feel like we lost to two good teams. You just got to move on. You’ve got to feel embarassed. You’ve got to come to practice more determined.”
On jumping up and down on the sideline: “I don’t like making a fool of myself but I felt I had to tonight to make a point.”
