Sean Georges Quotations

We didn't win in the playoffs, but we made it there. That's one step.

Now we'll see how good a coach I really am.

If we hit our free throws, this was a brawl instead of a barnburner.

When he was gone they made it a lot more difficult for us.

I think it's just a matter of getting them mentally prepared for this game. We need to establish a level of maturity to take advantage of this opportunity.

I thought we were over the hump. I've got to find a way to keep the fire in them. They leave me wondering if we're going to be consistent.

I think all the work we did with him is starting to pay off. He feels more comfortable scoring and actually being the first or second option.

It got away from us again in the third quarter. All our games seem to be determined in the third quarter. We gotta do it for 40 minutes.

I think we are about to do something we haven't done in two years. Win back-to-back games. It's going to be a dogfight.

Our inside presence opened up a lot of free throw opportunities for us. We actually got what we wanted and we didn't capitalize on it.

Our offense is going to be much slower than we predicted.

Our last three losses, if we would have executed, we would have won. There's nothing that they're doing wrong. It's just gonna take some time for this team to jell. I just hope we don't lose our playoff opportunity before we get it together.

We couldn't get the offense started at all. The looks were good, but the shots just wouldn't fall.

We'll be solid with the starting five but the bench still comes in as a question.

We had high hopes for this semester with the core nine guys that we had. But based on the academic situation, it forces me to create a whole new offensive and defensive team.

We have to win out. We have to win every game. It's just coming down to that.

We had an outstanding performance. It was overtime against the defending champions.

We put some rookies in some tough situations. The rookies had to play some veteran minutes for me tonight. I can't fault them, they gave me their best.

This weekend is crucial in at least getting to share that final playoff shot. We've got to knock off these two teams to confidently say we might have a shot.

We just fell apart. We stopped closing out on the shooters in the corner and they just killed us. It blew the game open. The guys just couldn't come back from that.

We slowed it down to our tempo, played our game. We just lost it in the overtime.

We had the game playing at our tempo and they tried to speed it up a bit. I think we expected it but we just didn't execute. It was like a totally different team in the second half than the one that played in the first half.

We didn't play a perfect game, but we played well enough to get the win.

It was the type of game that came down to who makes the most mistakes. And we made the most mistakes.

Now, instead of being bonuses, those players have to perform consistently in order for us to win.

Defensive lapses plus, offensively, a failure to convert ultimately did us in. It really just came down to hitting our open shots, and we didn't do that.

They gave me all they could today. Their legs just weren't there. That affects your jump shots, your movement, your free throws.

They gave me all they can give me. Then they ran out of gas. I only have five good players, and the rest are freshman. Fatigue is always going to be a factor.

It's the worst possible time to have these conditions. These are the top teams in the league we are dealing with now. But if we can pull off a 2-3 record, it would give us a solid shot at a playoff spot.

After this game on Thursday we have to get even better to go into the playoffs. It doesn't get any easier if you get in. But we have to take it one game at a time. Right now the game plan is to win on Thursday.

Size was a factor. We were bigger than them.

You could see the guys were tired out there. They were not mentally ready to play. And it's a game we could have won - that's the frustrating part.