Bryant Dillon Quotes (22 Quotes)


    Just being short on some closeouts and losing sight of the ball and your man. They had some easy shots. We didn't make the shots tough, and you have to give them credit. They knocked their shots down.

    Defensive letdowns and turnovers, our main problems all year, hurt us in the second half. We have to put together two good halves of basketball.

    We took some bad shots that led to transition points. Those were the points of the game that were most crucial. We let them make a run at the end of the first half that gave them momentum.

    Just try to make him take tough shots and don't let him get any free looks. We just got to be there to contest their shots and not let them get anything easy.

    We just moved the ball and tried to make them work on D and work the clock down. We just had to make sure everyone was moving and coming hard to catch the ball.


    We started working the ball, not getting in a rush, pinning them on defense, making them work on the defensive end. We got what we wanted. We got a lot of open shots and inside play.

    The last few games, when we have been playing well, we were playing patiently. Taking quick shots wasn't something we had been doing. We started to do it (in the second half) of this game. That hurt us when we took quick shots and were missing them. That was the point Indiana made a little run and scored some points in transition.

    He's got goals in life. Being that he had a hard upbringing, I think that's prepared him for life, to live better and to experience a lot more. He does have his head on straight.

    I played 40 minutes against them last time. You can do it with that type of team because it isn't an up and down game.

    We have to carry that on the road. We have to continue like we played the other night and get our first road victory.

    The guards, we just have to play good team defense, contain, and force them into bad shots.

    In the second half, crosscourt passes at the top of the key, they shot the gaps, and we had about five turnovers in a row that was almost consecutive that hurt us real bad.

    He knows what we need to do on the offensive end, comes in and plays hard defense, doesn't really worry about scoring. He comes in and does whatever the teams needs to do.

    We just got back to basics. It's been about a month since the bad loss against Florida State and we have shown improvement.

    Coach gave me an assignment, I just tried to be there when he catches the ball to make it a little harder for him so he doesn't have wide open shots.

    I heard some people say something about it was an injury you don't get to recover from. I don't know. After people told me that, it's kind of surprising. But I thought I would work hard to get back and get my leg back strong enough to be able to play.

    It is good because it's our first bye week of the season. It'll be good, have an extra day off to chill, watch some film and concentrate on academics a little more.

    We had a lot of unforced turnovers in the first half. That gave them the advantage. They only had 27 points at halftime, which was pretty good defense. Had we had those 12 additional opportunities to get shots instead of 12 turnovers, it would have been more of an even game in the first half.

    We tried to force him into tough shots, which we did. He's like the head of the dragon if we take him away, then we'll probably get a victory.

    We try to take out their best scorers. We lock them down and try to make it harder for them than it was before.

    We've played some pretty good ballgames against numerous teams for a half, 30 or 38 minutes of a game. We know we can play with these teams. Tonight, we came in prepared like we did in other games, but this time, we carried it out.

    We have time to prepare for the type of defense they play, hopefully be better prepared, and plus we're playing at home. Maybe it will be a little different this time now that we're at home.


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