Hawaii, they've proven how good they can be. Louisiana Tech is much improved from last year. Utah State is better than the second place (regular season) finisher (UTEP) last year.
We have some guys not scoring like they did. We are not a good team unless we have four or five guys scoring. We had a difficult time putting the ball in the basket. We missed a lot of shots and that was probably the No. I reason we lost.
We battled to win. We beat a good basketball team. If you do that on the road you have to be pleased.
We are not a good team unless we have four or five guys scoring.
We're going to have play better than we did in Moscow. They've struggled with the adjustment of moving up in leagues, but they've been playing very good basketball of late. We're going to have to play well to get a W.
I'm obviously going to campaign for Nick. He has had a wonderful season. He's a better player than he was a year ago. He's a better player and he's played well. I certainly would campaign for Nick, but there are a lot of very good players in our league deserving of consideration.
They have a real good pressure defense team. We have to be able to handle that. They're one of the few teams using full-court pressure. Because they have so much depth and quickness, they can do that.
It's frustrating when you can't do what you know you are very good at.
They're a unique team. They're as good defensively as they are offensively.