Steve Novak
Steve Novak
Steven Michael Novakis an American professional basketball player who last played for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association. He is listed as 6'10", 225 lbs. He played college basketball at Marquette University. Novak splits time at both small forward and power forward. He was the NBA regular season leader in three point percentage during the 2011–12 season...
felt fortunate good healthy played
I feel like I played well. I felt good out there. I was fortunate enough to be healthy and be able to go out there and pretty much show my best.
felt open shot wide
It felt good. I was wide open, and it was probably the first open shot I had all night.
felt great nights shot worked
The shot felt good. They were going down. I've worked on it my whole life. With shooting, some nights are going to be great and some nights are going to be terrible.
believes everybody question shots stepping taking team
Joe's been stepping up all year, taking big shots and making big shots. There is no question everybody on the team believes in him.
break home
Having a two-year break from the tournament, that was nothing to write home about. Going back is going to be unbelievable.
beginning believed capable definitely doubted focused knew locker people question room stay within worried year
I think that we definitely believed that we were capable of the things we've done this year. At the beginning of the year there's no question a lot of people doubted us. ... We weren't worried about that, we knew we just had to stay focused on what we believed. Within in the locker room we believed we could be this good.
everybody good job
He does a good job of getting everybody involved.
change guess sure
I guess I'm not really sure what I'd change about it. Some go down, some don't.
change guess huge obviously open shot sure
I guess I'm not really sure what I'd change about it. Obviously it didn't fall. It was probably the first open shot I had all night. So, I mean, some go down, some don't. It was obviously a huge shot.
against great players playing step
Players have to step up when you're playing against great teams. Now is no different.
advantage good great job maturing preparing ranked
We're really maturing as a team, we know how good we can be. When it comes to ranked teams, (we) need every advantage we can get and they (coaches) have done a great job of preparing us for these games.
next
We need to keep getting better. There is no next year.
compete east impress knew level next rankings since winning
We need to keep getting better. Rankings aren't what we can decide. Winning these is the only way we can impress these people. We need to win the Big East now. There is no next year. We knew we (could) compete at this level since the beginning.
definite lose member team trying win
Win or lose he's always trying to get you back on your feet. He's really a definite member of the team that's been through all of it with us.