Washington vs. Texas Tech
December 04, 2010 | Men's Basketball
Dec. 4, 2010
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Washington vs. Texas Tech
Dec. 4, 2010
Coach Lorenzo Romar
Opening Statements:
We are pleased with the final score. We shared the ball, made the extra pass quite a bit. The first few minutes of the second half we were kind of rushing things and shooting the ball too quickly and we settled down after that. All and all we did a lot of good things. Texas tech is hard to guard because they run the motion. We really have to be alert, you cant have any breakdowns or they capitalize on it. They can be good enough to where they make you pay for it to play good defense.
On Justin Holiday's effort. Phenomenal job. Justin Holiday is a stats sheet stuffer. He gets 17 points in one half, which is great to see. He shot the ball well. Good players can score, good players can defend, great players can do both. Tonight he did a great job. He guarded, and he has given up 40-50 pounds to Singletary. Yet he did a great job. He rebounded and was one rebound away from a double double. That's just a very good basketball day for Justin Holiday.
On the offense. It would be hard to top Virginia in Maui. We made 17 out of 26 three's and really shot the ball well. Virginia went on the road and beat Minnesota who is a very good defensive team. We made shots and shared the ball and we ended up scoring.
On being able to sit down and enjoy the game as a coach. You can't enjoy it as coach because you feel your two possessions away from losing your momentum and that team coming back and getting in the game, which we were close to doing in the second half. You are constantly making sure that your team maintains it's focus, it's aggressiveness, and that they don't get carried away and play according to the score. You can't be the let down, so you can't really relax and enjoy. Now, there are some games I can go back and get some Ben and Jerry's Chunky Monkey and watch the replay and then I can enjoy it. But you still point out mistakes, like why weren't we rotating or why didn't we do that. So as a coach you are forever cursed to just sit down and enjoy your own team playing I think.
Texas Tech Head Pat Knight
General thoughts on Washington
I think they [Washington] are better than they were last year. They pass the ball a lot better. Last year they relied on a couple of guys more than they do this year. I mean they have five guys out on the floor who are a threat. Especially deep threats. I think that they are a lot more team oriented this year. Instead of just being able to key in on one or two guys, you have to pay attention to the whole team. It can be a huge problem when a couple of guys get hot. They [Washington] can really shoot the ball well. For teams that don't shoot the ball well like us, we can run into some trouble if we miss a couple of shots in a row and they make some. I think Washingtonjust has a lot of team balance. I think that we scored enough points. We average around 80 points a game, and that's definitely enough to win, but we killed ourselves with turnovers. They had 28 points off turnovers and when we turn the ball over and they can score off of it then we have a problem. We killed ourselves from that standpoint.
On Texas Tech Defense
I thought the defense was horrendous. But this game gives a lot of tape to watch and a lot of ammunition to hold guys accountable in practice.