Mo McHone Quotes (13 Quotes)

When we lost Kris Lang I thought that really took our energy away and they hit us really hard at that time.

We made some adjustments defensively and rebounded better than we did in the other three games. We finally got a break.

I really believed that no team in this tournament was going to go undefeated. It just shows you how balanced the whole tournament is. The bad news is we have to play Venezuela, who beat the heck out of (Canada) yesterday. We'll have to be ready.

This was the first time the U.S. had to qualify for the World Championships without NBA players. I kind of feel like we won the gold medal.

I kind of feel like we won the gold medal.

Our plan was to have whoever had the ball try to drive and shoot. We were fortunate he Greer was fouled.

We don't have one great shooter, but we get offense from various people.

Alex Scales (Oregon) had a sensational game in the game 4 exhibition versus Brazil, ... one night it might be Charlie Bell (Michigan State), the next night it might be Scales or somebody else. If we can find that guy and get him hot, then we have a chance to be good. I also thought our big guys played really good, they battled, it was a very physical game.

We didn't really make any defensive adjustments. They just started missing shots and we rebounded.

In my opinion, having these kind of officials (two refs from Brazil, the U.S. with no free throws and Brazil with nine free throws in the first quarter) in this very hostile environment is a wonderful experience for us. This is definitely getting us ready to go to the Dominican Republic. We're improving every game.

I was scared to death. Losing this game would have really hurt us.

We extended a lot of energy yesterday, a lot of emotion in the Brazil game and so to come out flat and play the way we did is not surprising.

We were going back to Lynn Greer. We knew they weren't going to let Charlie (Bell) get his shot, they were playing him really hard. We tried to run a high pick-and-roll. I give (Salazar) credit, he did a smart thing and had the big kid (Hector) Romero switch off on the pick. Lynn couldn't get a shot against it.