They outplayed us today boys. I'm proud of my unit and I'll take them. We just didn't have it today in the right places and they did. We weren't executing a couple things that I felt like we needed to execute. We weren't attacking as well as I wanted to attack. We done that in the past and we've kind of grown into it. We just couldn't get the attack and then we got desperate in our attack.
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Holy Cross outplayed us and they deserved to beat us. Until we prove we can play a full 32 minutes of basketball I don't think anything is a certainty.
They outplayed us and outcoached us in most all areas, ... I felt we would be stronger and have a little more attitude than this. I told the players that just because you've done it before doesn't mean you're going to do it again. They may have tuned me out.
We were not competing in the paint, and we are getting distracted a little bit by what's going on out on the floor, not getting through a little bit of adversity whether you think it's a bad call or good defense against you. But for the most part they just outplayed us, and they deserved to win.
We flat-out got outplayed. They wanted it, obviously, more than we did. We're 8-1, not 1-8, so it's nothing to be hanging our heads low about. We know we're a better team than we (showed). You have to look ahead. You can't sit here and cry about it.
It's certainly not the way we wanted to end the regular season -- outplayed by a team that just wanted it more. But it's over now ... and the kids know if they aren't ready next week, it's sayonara, baby.
I think that they clearly outplayed us. In the first half they had an answer for everything that we did on defense. We have to be able to bat the ball down or stop the run and we did not do either one defensively.
They just outplayed us in the second half. They were more physical than us in the paint and the same things continued to plague us - poor third-quarter performance, not competing in the paint, and being distracted by what's going on at the other end of the court. We have to learn to deal with adversity and not be distracted by missed calls or good defense being played against us.
You feel like you should get two points in a game like that. (The winning goal) hit my stick. I tried to put it in the corner. I went to bat it and missed it and he got it. Good hand-eye on him. It's disappointing. We outplayed them and we deserved two points.
I couldn't help thinking during the past two Tests that it's been very rare that we've been well and truly outplayed for the majority of two matches in a row and found ourselves under pressure for long periods, ... And basically suffering what other teams normally face against us. It's almost as if we've become those opposition teams, and England has suddenly become Australia.
It's not like in basketball, where you run out the clock and somebody throws up a half-court shot that happens to go in and rips your heart out, ... This is a guy that's forcing me to close him out. ... He deserved that set, and outplayed me in the fourth.
Regardless of whether I'm in foul trouble, we just didn't play well as a team. Kentucky outplayed us in every area. They were just the better basketball team today and anytime that happens, it's not going to leave a good taste in your mouth.
I guess all you can say is they outplayed us in every aspect of the game. We did a terrible job passing the basketball, and they turned a lot of our turnovers into points in the first half.
I don't care about all that stuff. I don't believe in voodoo or jinxes or the curse of the Bambino. Quite frankly, Ball State has outplayed us. Our mental attitude has not been quite right and they've played hard. We need to make sure we're emotionally ready. We called on our seniors this week to make sure our preparation is done right and that we execute and play with emotion in the game.
That's the answer. It's that simple. They outplayed us in the last three minutes. The minute you don't stay with your game, you're going to get hurt and that's what happened to us.