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Postgame Quotes: Indiana vs. No. 15/16 Wisconsin
2/16/2022 12:09:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Postgame Quotes
Indiana vs. Wisconsin
Feb. 15, 2022
MIKE WOODSON | INDIANA HEAD COACH
Q. Talk about the offensive play towards the end of the game…
MIKE WOODSON: I thought we froze. Once the ball got in, Parker didn't have it, I kind of cut everybody off away from him and was looking for a pick and roll to make a play. But we just froze. I thought the play before that that X took the three, you know, I thought big fella was in a good position to make the play, but he threw it out to X because he thought X was open on the three-point line. At that point, we just got to put it on the officials to make the call and we didn't, so it's a tough game. I got to give them credit because they played they butts off. I thought we played great in stretches, but we just couldn't sustain it. Too many fouls. I mean, they didn't get a chance to go through our defense because we put them on the line so much. That's tough coming down the stretch when they don't have to execute their offense.
Q. On Parker Stewart guarding Johnny Davis…
WOODSON: Trey struggled with Davis. I mean, everybody struggled with Johnny. It wasn't just Miller. It was everybody that guarded him struggled with him. He had a hell of a game. He's that type of player. It's hard to double him, because a lot of times he's up top and he's making plays off the bounce. He kept beating our defense, going the other way, and he's capable have doing it. He did it tonight. It didn't matter who we put on him, he just had a good game. I thought Miller played him well early. I thought Parker played him well in stretches. Coming down the stretch couldn't nobody play him. He had a great game.
Q. What did Wisconsin do to kind of counter your efforts and close out the game…
WOODSON: Free throws. I mean, they were making plays with the ball. You know, we were trying to go inside and we missed some wide open shots coming down the stretch. The times we got it inside, you know, Trayce made them pay for it. He was great. Made his three throws. I don't think we milked it enough. I kept trying to go to him because they couldn't stop him. Him being so unselfish, he kept letting the ball come out and we just couldn't make shots.
Q. Why haven't you gotten more production from the rest of the offense outside of Jackson-Davis…
WOODSON: Again, guys are just not -- you know, X, he had shots; didn't make them. We just couldn't make shots coming down the stretch. And, again, I put it on me, man. I got to get them in better position. I can't shoot it for them, but I got to get them comfortable to the point where they feel good about making shots. I mean, the good teams do it. We're not that good yet. We're still a work in this progress trying to figure it out down the stretch. We've played some good basketball this season. We just haven't been consistent in bringing them home. Been in every ball game fighting battling. Can't take that away from our guys because they do fight. But we got to learn how to win. I got help them in that area.
Q. Talk about the second unit on the court…
WOODSON: Well, again, I mean, Parker probably was the most positive thing off the bench. I thought Mike's few maintenance he played he was pretty positive, but other than that, we struggled off the bench tonight. You know, I got to rest our guys sometime. Again, it's on me. I got to get these guys feeling good coming off the bench. That's the only way we going to have a chance winning coming down the stretch. They got to relieve our guys and then they got be a little more productive, and I got to help them in that area.
Q. On Trayce's play tonight…
WOODSON: Well, it was great. He tried to put us on his back. But, again, our team hasn't been based on just Trayce. When we have won, we have won collectively and guys have pitched in and done their job. Right now I'm just not getting that, and I got to somehow help them, man, because they kind of looking over their shoulders again, you know, at past years and how things have happened to them coming down the stretch, man, and I got to help them get over that somehow.
TRAYCE JACKSON-DAVIS | INDIANA FORWARD
Q. Talk about working the ball inside out…
JACKSON-DAVIS: Yeah, so obviously I thought I was kicking the ball out pretty well the whole game, and so I saw Brad dig and Xavier was wide open for a shot, and sometimes you don't hit them. I'd have him shoot that shot ten times out of ten. It was a great look by him, and I know he wished he could get it back, and I know he will in the next game.
Q. What do you see from your guards in practice and workouts…
JACKSON-DAVIS: What I see is a bunch of guys that work really hard on their shots. Repetition. Parker, Anthony, Miller. Everyone is in the gym working all the time. It's just mental. They just got to have their confidence up and just have support. So they're going to keep doing their thing, keep getting up shots in extra time, and they're going to start falling. You just got to have faith in your teammates, and I know they'll get out of these slumps.
Q. On the play with Xavier Johnson…
JACKSON-DAVIS: He was supposed to go through like an elevator screen and then it was supposed to be a double for Miller, but they were just switching every screen, so it's really hard whenever everyone is switching and you need a three, so a cut to the basket isn't really going to work for you. So that was a good play by them, but at the same time, we probably could have got a better shot than that. In crunch time and you're kind of panicking a little bit, he's still one of the best shooters on our team, so he tried to get one up, it just didn't fall.
GREG GARD | WISCONSIN HEAD COACH
Q. On how the run by Johnny Davis was handled…
GARD: I knew he was hot before the last thirteen points. I could tell in the first half and then we went to him early in the second half as well. I could tell just in his body language that he was feeling good tonight and seeing the ball go in. but some of it was scripted down the stretch and there were some things that obviously he makes terrific plays on his own. He can create something out of nothing at times. But, maybe you could say it was good coaching, putting the ball in his hands.
Q. On what went right defensively down the stretch…
GARD: When we finally stopped fouling, that was the biggest thing. We kept putting Trayce (Jackson Davis) at the line. I think that was the biggest thing. We had some rebounds that they had the extra possession that we didn't clean up the rebound. This group is a tough-minded group. They're very connected. They'll battle in the fight. They kept coming to the huddle the last seven, eight, nine minutes and said, "we're not going to lose." They have that mindset to them. And where there's a will, there's a way."
Q. On Steven Crowl's rebound to give them an extra possession down the stretch…
GARD: That was big. He had one after that too that he got going a little too fast and traveled. I thought the other shot that was big was his three at the top of the key. I thought Chucky (Hepburn), for a Freshman point guard that we've been working on, getting in the paint, playing off two feet, pivoting, finding guys, that'll make the clips when we show the good things that happened tonight.
Indiana vs. Wisconsin
Feb. 15, 2022
MIKE WOODSON | INDIANA HEAD COACH
Q. Talk about the offensive play towards the end of the game…
MIKE WOODSON: I thought we froze. Once the ball got in, Parker didn't have it, I kind of cut everybody off away from him and was looking for a pick and roll to make a play. But we just froze. I thought the play before that that X took the three, you know, I thought big fella was in a good position to make the play, but he threw it out to X because he thought X was open on the three-point line. At that point, we just got to put it on the officials to make the call and we didn't, so it's a tough game. I got to give them credit because they played they butts off. I thought we played great in stretches, but we just couldn't sustain it. Too many fouls. I mean, they didn't get a chance to go through our defense because we put them on the line so much. That's tough coming down the stretch when they don't have to execute their offense.
Q. On Parker Stewart guarding Johnny Davis…
WOODSON: Trey struggled with Davis. I mean, everybody struggled with Johnny. It wasn't just Miller. It was everybody that guarded him struggled with him. He had a hell of a game. He's that type of player. It's hard to double him, because a lot of times he's up top and he's making plays off the bounce. He kept beating our defense, going the other way, and he's capable have doing it. He did it tonight. It didn't matter who we put on him, he just had a good game. I thought Miller played him well early. I thought Parker played him well in stretches. Coming down the stretch couldn't nobody play him. He had a great game.
Q. What did Wisconsin do to kind of counter your efforts and close out the game…
WOODSON: Free throws. I mean, they were making plays with the ball. You know, we were trying to go inside and we missed some wide open shots coming down the stretch. The times we got it inside, you know, Trayce made them pay for it. He was great. Made his three throws. I don't think we milked it enough. I kept trying to go to him because they couldn't stop him. Him being so unselfish, he kept letting the ball come out and we just couldn't make shots.
Q. Why haven't you gotten more production from the rest of the offense outside of Jackson-Davis…
WOODSON: Again, guys are just not -- you know, X, he had shots; didn't make them. We just couldn't make shots coming down the stretch. And, again, I put it on me, man. I got to get them in better position. I can't shoot it for them, but I got to get them comfortable to the point where they feel good about making shots. I mean, the good teams do it. We're not that good yet. We're still a work in this progress trying to figure it out down the stretch. We've played some good basketball this season. We just haven't been consistent in bringing them home. Been in every ball game fighting battling. Can't take that away from our guys because they do fight. But we got to learn how to win. I got help them in that area.
Q. Talk about the second unit on the court…
WOODSON: Well, again, I mean, Parker probably was the most positive thing off the bench. I thought Mike's few maintenance he played he was pretty positive, but other than that, we struggled off the bench tonight. You know, I got to rest our guys sometime. Again, it's on me. I got to get these guys feeling good coming off the bench. That's the only way we going to have a chance winning coming down the stretch. They got to relieve our guys and then they got be a little more productive, and I got to help them in that area.
Q. On Trayce's play tonight…
WOODSON: Well, it was great. He tried to put us on his back. But, again, our team hasn't been based on just Trayce. When we have won, we have won collectively and guys have pitched in and done their job. Right now I'm just not getting that, and I got to somehow help them, man, because they kind of looking over their shoulders again, you know, at past years and how things have happened to them coming down the stretch, man, and I got to help them get over that somehow.
TRAYCE JACKSON-DAVIS | INDIANA FORWARD
Q. Talk about working the ball inside out…
JACKSON-DAVIS: Yeah, so obviously I thought I was kicking the ball out pretty well the whole game, and so I saw Brad dig and Xavier was wide open for a shot, and sometimes you don't hit them. I'd have him shoot that shot ten times out of ten. It was a great look by him, and I know he wished he could get it back, and I know he will in the next game.
Q. What do you see from your guards in practice and workouts…
JACKSON-DAVIS: What I see is a bunch of guys that work really hard on their shots. Repetition. Parker, Anthony, Miller. Everyone is in the gym working all the time. It's just mental. They just got to have their confidence up and just have support. So they're going to keep doing their thing, keep getting up shots in extra time, and they're going to start falling. You just got to have faith in your teammates, and I know they'll get out of these slumps.
Q. On the play with Xavier Johnson…
JACKSON-DAVIS: He was supposed to go through like an elevator screen and then it was supposed to be a double for Miller, but they were just switching every screen, so it's really hard whenever everyone is switching and you need a three, so a cut to the basket isn't really going to work for you. So that was a good play by them, but at the same time, we probably could have got a better shot than that. In crunch time and you're kind of panicking a little bit, he's still one of the best shooters on our team, so he tried to get one up, it just didn't fall.
GREG GARD | WISCONSIN HEAD COACH
Q. On how the run by Johnny Davis was handled…
GARD: I knew he was hot before the last thirteen points. I could tell in the first half and then we went to him early in the second half as well. I could tell just in his body language that he was feeling good tonight and seeing the ball go in. but some of it was scripted down the stretch and there were some things that obviously he makes terrific plays on his own. He can create something out of nothing at times. But, maybe you could say it was good coaching, putting the ball in his hands.
Q. On what went right defensively down the stretch…
GARD: When we finally stopped fouling, that was the biggest thing. We kept putting Trayce (Jackson Davis) at the line. I think that was the biggest thing. We had some rebounds that they had the extra possession that we didn't clean up the rebound. This group is a tough-minded group. They're very connected. They'll battle in the fight. They kept coming to the huddle the last seven, eight, nine minutes and said, "we're not going to lose." They have that mindset to them. And where there's a will, there's a way."
Q. On Steven Crowl's rebound to give them an extra possession down the stretch…
GARD: That was big. He had one after that too that he got going a little too fast and traveled. I thought the other shot that was big was his three at the top of the key. I thought Chucky (Hepburn), for a Freshman point guard that we've been working on, getting in the paint, playing off two feet, pivoting, finding guys, that'll make the clips when we show the good things that happened tonight.
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