We tried to make them score outside their offense. We gave up 10 offensive rebounds in the first half, but in the second half I felt like their frontcourt was fatigued.
Quotes about frontcourt (10 Quotes)
This move helps balance our roster. We had a lot of talented wing players competing for minutes but were depleted in the frontcourt due to injuries, so we addressed that inequity with this trade.
We wanted to find the best situation for him, a good team that needs frontcourt help. It's not like you hope to be waived. You can't control that.
Our Big 3 is as good of a frontcourt combination as we've had here, and they certainly played well. They're all having phenomenal years and phenomenal careers. Teams might be able to stop one of them, but the package is pretty dangerous.
It's an opportunity for these guys to shine. I had to carry the load when all of those guys were out, and had to provide a lot of scoring and rebounding and defense for the frontcourt, so now it's their turn to step up and will this team to victory.
I hate it for Damion because he was prepared to play this year and had an opportunity to help us, ... From a basketball perspective, it certainly has an impact on our frontcourt depth. We didn't have much to start with, and now we are losing our biggest low-post player.
NOTES Rutgers opens the preseason on Nov. 12 at Bucknell and the regular season Nov. 20 at home against Austin Peay... .Waters said that 6-10 freshman forwardcenter Zack Gibson, one of seven frontcourt players, could be red-shirted. That's a feasibility, ... The positive thing is that the NCAA has a new rule in effect, and that new rule is you can play them in the two exhibition games and make a decision after that.
It's as good a frontcourt as we've had. They are three Division I players. They're athletic and talented. And they are very unselfish. They have all shared the burden of being the go-to guy.
He's not the SEC player of the year for no reason. We just tried to contain him. He did get our frontcourt in foul trouble, but we did a pretty good job on him.
There are some good things that we can take from this game. I was pleased offensively, once we got into the frontcourt, our execution late in the game. I thought we got good shots and good movement, which is what I want to see us do more instead of standing around late in the game.