JOHN CALIPARI: That he is going to get fouled and grabbed and pushed. What do you hope Oscar (Tshiebwe) learns from the last two games about foul trouble? You may be the top of the scouting report.
He slips to the basket, lobs, guys trying to help on him. When he sprinted, everyone else ended up being open because they tried to stop him. He sprinted to get himself free to make shots. Rip Hamilton, skinny dude that could score and catch it and shoot, and they all said, we’re going to keep him from doing it. I gave him, I said, go look on YouTube and look at Rip Hamilton. You’ve got to work harder than they’re working to keep you from scoring to score. What does that mean? You have to work really hard to get plays now. You know what that means? They’re working hard not to get you shots. JOHN CALIPARI: It was better, but here’s what’s happened. Cal, how much is Kellan (Grady) still trying to figure out his role versus what he did at Davidson, and how close is the second half to what you kind of see for him? I watch him, and he’s got a smile on his face.
He worked at the University of Mass.īut I’m proud of him. His dad was in our gym all the time when we practiced. No, I didn’t spend a whole lot of time with him when he was the ball boy. You’re doing some things, but your team’s fighting like crazy. And how hard is it when you’re losing games? That’s a real coach. They’re going to have a breakthrough, and they’ll go on a run of games. Second thing he did is he put a couple things in, wrinkles defensively, that bothered us and really got us out of rhythm in the first half.īut the hardest thing for a coach and something that shows me that, one, he’s a really good coach and he’s connected to his team. If you watch the game, you said, dog gone it, they played harder. I’ve said this before, when a team is struggling a little bit - and I’m watching their tape. JOHN CALIPARI: Let me start by saying (Albany head coach) Dwayne (Killings) did a great job, had his team ready.