Dan Dakich Quotes (22 Quotes)

We substituted and we didn't get much out of that. We talked before the game about how guys are going to have to come in and really compete and I didn't think anybody we brought into the basketball game, until the end of the game, helped us.

I'm incredibly passionate about every guy here being very good and being better. I've had a number of parents tell me, you've made my son better than I ever thought he could be.

The more Indiana ties you can get, the better. You've got to recruit Indiana and there's enough good young kids in the state that you've got to recruit it hard.

At the end of the day I thought Miami just played really well, I really did. I thought Miami came out to play well, they hit their shots and we didn't have the game in control.

He has bad days and mediocre days. At Miami Wednesday, he just couldn't go. He was in 16 minutes in a game that he was going to need to play 40. It's tough on him.

We didn't waste a whole lot of possessions. Against Kent you can't waste possessions because they're so good.

The thing about being here, is if kids fight you, and they all fight you to start with, but if kids fight you, then it's difficult. I can always tell when a kid has really bought into what we're all doing, and when they do that, they become special.

He's a special kid in terms of his ability to prepare himself to play, how hard he'll go and how long he'll go.

At the end of the day, they were a far more mature team playing basketball than we were.

He's a versatile kid. We needed a kid that can make plays, make others better, and score himself.

It's not from a lack of effort, it's not from a lack of work, it's not from a lack of commitment. Everybody seems to be working very hard, we're just not getting it done.

I understand people's concerns and I understand the perception of things, and I don't like it because I don't want any kid ever to leave. It comes to maturity, and comes to understanding college basketball isn't the easiest thing in the world.

You watch him walk and it's like he's walking barefoot on glass.

I tell kids, I'm not going to coach you like a 'mid-major' basketball player. You're going to be coached like Indiana when I was there.

He's one of those kids who can score in a variety of ways. He's very athletic. Coming out of high school I thought he was one of the five best players in the state of Ohio.

In practice, we haven't really had those guys who are on our white team step up like they should for us to trust them in the game.

I don't think there's anybody in the league that I see that moves better without the ball. Usually it takes a couple years to develop that - Martin, he kind of came with that.

This time, we were able to hang on to a lead as we went down the stretch. That was a good win for us.

I thought actually we were playing pretty good defense but they were drilling shots. At the end of the day, that was a big deal.

The run that really determined the game was to start the second half. Their easy baskets off turnovers and our inability to defend them. And then our ability to stay out of our way a lot of times.

The only thing that doesn't concern me is our effort. We're going to have bad nights, we're going to have good nights and everything in between. But if a consistent effort is there, we're going to eventually get it to where we're going to be a difficult team to play against. But we're not there yet.

Matt shows you the heart he has by the free throws he makes late in the game after sitting on the bench. He steps up and he drills them.