Dave Leitao Quotes on Time (9 Quotes)

Fortunately we could use other people today because of the score to both get them some time and also to reward the walk-ons for the job that they do.

As a coach, any time you get a win, it's good, because the other option is losing. Based on that, you have to walk away with your head up, understanding that when you don't play as well as you want to and win, that's a good thing.

Last time, they both had ... very quick hands, and anytime we drove the ball, they were there to get their hands on it. They command a lot more attention than almost anyone else in that department because they're so good at it.

I think what makes this particular team so good is . . . they've got two of the top four or five players in America, and everybody else - including those two - executes their mission more than anybody I've seen in a long time.

I thought we lost the game in the first half, when they shot 60 percent. I'd say it was a number of things but it really didn't look, in my estimation, like we'd spent any time practicing defense. We sat behind the post, we gave up middle penetration. You name it, we did it.

He's banged up and a result he's mentally banged up too. We rely on him for a whole lot. Everything kind of falls on his shoulders and he takes more pride in that than most people. That leads to a little more fatigue. I'm not a big fan - no coach is - of missed practice time, but we got to hope that if we sneak some days off in he'll be more energized.

I'm sure over the next few days, like any coach whose season comes to an end, you get reflective. We were able to do some things, but at the same point in time you never want your season to come to an end. I'm disappointed that it is, but obviously I think we grew and we learned a lot.

The Carolina basketball system which coach Williams believes wholeheartedly in, it took those guys some time to understand. One, because they had so many young guys, and two, defining roles. Now that they've got it, you add that with the talent, and with that comes the supreme confidence.

With short preparation, you've got to obviously concentrate on yourself as much as anything else. We'll put together a report in a quick period of time for our guys, but more than anything we want to have the ability to play our best basketball doing the things that we do well, and that's probably more of our concentration.