College basketball today is about perimeter play. The days of a dominant center, like Patrick Ewing, are gone. Today you don't keep centers in college basketball. They go pro. ... I really think the idea that a perimeter-oriented team can't win it is way overblown.
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We're playing like our life is on the line. We badly want to get to New York to improve and build. There are only three letters (NIT), but this is a very big deal to us.Rick Pitino
You certainly don't want to do what we did at Kentucky. I remember calling the third timeout and asking my players, 'When will it dawn on you guys that you can't take it to him, you have to pass it early or pull up How many blocked shots will it take for you guys to realize he's a good shot blocker' In this game, it's the same way. You've got to understand when you can take it in there and when you can't and you've got to obviously pick your spots.
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We've been playing good defense in the first half, but we can't sustain it because we're getting taken to the woodshed on the glass. But that's a credit to St. John's. They played very, very well.
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This doesn't surprise me at all. I said from day one, we were young and we were going to struggle at times. We made some key mistakes down the stretch.
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Pittsburgh is as good as it gets. It would not be a surprise to see them go on and have a great NCAA Tournament run. They have all the attributes, all the things you look for in a great basketball team. They've got great upperclassmen, talented freshmen that blend in terrific, depth. They can withstand foul trouble. They're extremely well coached. They attack inside-to-out. They're big on the backboard. They're tough.
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This is who we are we are a very young and inexperienced basketball team. The key is, six weeks from now, how good can we become.
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