Postgame Quotes - Indiana at Nebraska
12/31/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 31, 2014
Opening statement...
"We are excited to come in here and get a win - it is a very tough place to play, a great environment, very good team. Our key is to just keep getting better in every way we can. We made strides in the last couple of weeks, but more importantly than that, it is very important to make strides from game to game. We closed the game well. Obviously they made a comeback there at the end and we were still able to withstand that. One of the keys to the game was it started out 21-4 in the second half, and I think we closed with a 25-10 run. That is a great sign of maturity for us. I may be a little off with those numbers. You can't guard them one way, they have a lot of versatility. They have a lot of guys that can make plays and so do we. We are very excited about the win. It is one win and we want to build on it and get better for our next one."
On what was different today in terms of closing out the game...
"It is very encouraging. Again the key is to keep improving with it and it takes a while for that maturity process to really kick in. Especially when they are away from your bench. It is usually not the offensive end, where you have trouble closing, it is the defense where they can't rely on their teammates on the bench or their coaches. They have to rely on each other. That is a huge-huge thing when you are on the road, and that is a sign of growth when you can do that. I thought we did, I thought we switched defenses effectively. If you do that you have to communicate and be in the proper place. We had a lot of good basketball, especially in the first half. We want to get a team, that no matter who is out there, they can execute offensively and more importantly they can communicate and cover for one and another and do their job defensively."
On going inside...
"At times, we don't have that big of team ourselves. It is very important that we score points in the paint, and when we do play through the paint we are effective."
On Nebraska's run in first half going into the second...
"I got to go watch the film. I am just going to focus on the win now. I think we covered it, and were able to come back. I think some of it was (Mosquera-Perea) was not in the game. I think we took Troy out, and they are good. Make sure you put that in there, they are good. They have good offensive players that can score. They have a veteran group that is certainly well-coached. you know they are going to make runs."
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Head Coach Tom Crean |
"We are excited to come in here and get a win - it is a very tough place to play, a great environment, very good team. Our key is to just keep getting better in every way we can. We made strides in the last couple of weeks, but more importantly than that, it is very important to make strides from game to game. We closed the game well. Obviously they made a comeback there at the end and we were still able to withstand that. One of the keys to the game was it started out 21-4 in the second half, and I think we closed with a 25-10 run. That is a great sign of maturity for us. I may be a little off with those numbers. You can't guard them one way, they have a lot of versatility. They have a lot of guys that can make plays and so do we. We are very excited about the win. It is one win and we want to build on it and get better for our next one."
On what was different today in terms of closing out the game...
"It is very encouraging. Again the key is to keep improving with it and it takes a while for that maturity process to really kick in. Especially when they are away from your bench. It is usually not the offensive end, where you have trouble closing, it is the defense where they can't rely on their teammates on the bench or their coaches. They have to rely on each other. That is a huge-huge thing when you are on the road, and that is a sign of growth when you can do that. I thought we did, I thought we switched defenses effectively. If you do that you have to communicate and be in the proper place. We had a lot of good basketball, especially in the first half. We want to get a team, that no matter who is out there, they can execute offensively and more importantly they can communicate and cover for one and another and do their job defensively."
On going inside...
"At times, we don't have that big of team ourselves. It is very important that we score points in the paint, and when we do play through the paint we are effective."
On Nebraska's run in first half going into the second...
"I got to go watch the film. I am just going to focus on the win now. I think we covered it, and were able to come back. I think some of it was (Mosquera-Perea) was not in the game. I think we took Troy out, and they are good. Make sure you put that in there, they are good. They have good offensive players that can score. They have a veteran group that is certainly well-coached. you know they are going to make runs."
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