I told them, especially in overtime, to just keep bringing me the ball and let me go to work because at that time they weren't really double-teaming me.
Quotes about double-teaming (16 Quotes)
They did a great job double-teaming me. I got in foul trouble, my shots weren't going down, and things just weren't working my way. I tried to be as aggressive as I could, but they were defending me very well. I finally got some shots to go down late in the game when it seemed like it didn't matter anymore.
I see the same Kevin. Kevin wants to win he wants to attack. I see him everyday and I see the same passion. I thought tonight that they were double-teaming him and I think that's kind of what got him out of whack. Until we knock down shots and be aggressive and attack the rim, he's going to see that.
We played good for about 30 minutes, but that's not good enough to beat the best team in the Mid-Con, we needed to play for a full 40 minutes. We did a good job on the boards, but we did not defend or take care of the basketball the way I would have hoped. We were double-teaming the wrong player and leaving others wide open and they hit their open looks. We have to regroup from this and be ready to play at UMKC Monday night.
They had been doing that the whole game, doubling up on Tracy. A lot of times it's open. But when Tracy gets it going, and he's shooting the ball, he's on fire. But it's always open when guys are double-teaming him like that, so when he's going like that, we try and go get the rebound.
We were pushing up on him, zoning him, double-teaming him, trying to do anything we could to get him to just miss a little bit. He was terrific.
(Pella) was double-teaming me - they knew who I was - and I was just trying to fight through it and get my teammates the ball when they'd be open. I was having trouble most of the game, but I tried to step it up in the fourth quarter.
Nobody's taking him out, so I don't expect to take him out, either. You hope to slow him down. People will devise different ways to try to slow him down, either by getting up and pressing him, bumping him or double-teaming him or this, that and the other.
I had no idea that he was that good of a passer. It causes you to pause in what you do (double-teaming). He was just terrific. The best thing about him is that he doesn't even care if he scores. That kid is all about winning.
a much more well-rounded offense. With the weapons we have, they have to decide who they want to take away by double-teaming, and we have other guys to make the plays. You haven't seen it in preseason games, but from practice, I can tell you there's a lot
What makes it rough on us is we have to go to Raquel so much. Everything they do is double-teaming the basketball so they're not going to let anybody keep the ball very long. They scouted us last game so they're not going to let her do much.
I always thought Todd (Blythe) was the guy who'd get eight or so catches a game. I thought I was the role guy, and I still think that. It just so happens the first four games things are coming my way because (the opponent) maybe is double-teaming and rolling to Todd.
We weren't as consistent as we should be. It was a lot better than (Wednesday) night. We got some easy baskets inside to the point that they started double-teaming Leah. We really didn't go back to that. That's a little of our inexperience. Give Ashland credit. They played some tough defense and made it tough on our guards.
Both teams were playing extremely hard in the first quarter. Parkersburg Catholic was double-teaming Anthony just about every time he turned around. But he made some great passes that really got us going. He made everybody better early.
He definitely has proved why all the accolades have been thrown his way. He took over that game single-handedly. Unfortunately, we didn't have an answer. You can't do anything in terms of trapping or double-teaming him. Three-quarters of his points were off missed shots where he just wanted it more. For a coach that appreciates effort on the glass as much as I do, that was as an impressive performance as I've seen.
In the fourth quarter I was just more aggressive. In the first half, I was looking more to get my teammates the ball because those guys were double-teaming me every time I touched the ball. In the second half, I knew I was going to have to step up and be more aggressive.