Royce Waltman Quotations

We talked about the guys who could shoot threes, but we left them to help on other people. We gave Cox four wide-open looks, and he made three of them. That really helps someone come back.

We took him out because we were in a position where we had to press and use smaller guys.

He's been practicing and he's in school, but I'm not sure what his status is going to be.

I think they were just a little bit too good for us. They hit three-point shots, they scored in the post, they got rebounds.

I thought if we could get over the hump confidence-wise, we could have a good season. I thought we could certainly have a good record.

This one is much harder to take because we had a chance to win.

We did a poor job of finding their shooters. We were concerned about their inside game, and they hit six of nine three-pointers in the first half and really the game was over. You're just not going to win against good teams if you can't defend them.

That's where we lost the game, on the defensive end.

You score 10 points in a half, and you figure you're out of it.

It's frustrating for him. But I think it's important for our guys' frame of mind to win a game before he gets back. And then I think they'll feel much better when he does come back. But it's been a struggle.

David had an exceptional second half. As far as catching and shooting, this is the best he's been (since his injury).

That's the best he's looked offensively, no doubt, as far as catching the ball and shooting, and driving hard and pulling up.

It's hard for a coach to ever admit something is positive, but I think it does help because they play differently than anybody else. The fact that we're going through a lot of the things we just went through a week ago is helpful.

At this time of the year - I know it doesn't sound very inspirational - but mostly rest. We played 27 games and guys are hurt. It's mostly just licking your wounds and deciding whether you're going to mail it in or go compete.

I'm not crying the blues. He's still an awfully effective player, and we're really glad to have him back in there.

If you can finish in the top half, you have a chance to win the whole thing. We have a chance to do that.

In the past they've guarded like heck and offense has been spotty. Now they're running really good offense, with inside and outside scoring. They're playing at a good pace.

The first half was just a real ordeal, but we did guard enough to keep the game close, The best way to get over those jitters about missed free throws and missed three-pointers is we're going to go inside.